“In a world of democracies, in a world where the great projects that have set humanity on fire are the projects of the emancipation of individuals from entrenched social division and hierarchy; in such a world individuals must never be puppets or prisoners of the societies or cultures into which they have been born.” WorldHas BeensHumanityCultureIndividualSocialBornDemocracyFireProjectsDivisionPrisonerHierarchyPuppetsEmancipationSocial Division Author:Roberto Unger
“Becoming a walking, dancing, fire-breathing lifestyle dragon is not something you can pursue overnight! It takes years of studying, living, and understanding the modern culture!” YearsCultureUnderstandingStudyFireModernBecomingWalkingDancingLifestylePursueBreathingDragonsModern Culture Author:Theophilus London
“May we, as image makers, shapers of the culture, set our sights on things we value, rituals we engage in that heal and serve. May our images honor the ordinary endeavors of common people, and may they make their way to the eyes of the weary - light to the dark, fire to the chill.” PeopleWayMayLightEyeValuesCultureDarkCommonFireHonorOrdinarySightHealEndeavorMakersRitualWearyChill Book:A Waist Is a Terrible Thing to Mind: A Wake Up Call Source: A Waist Is a Terrible Thing to Mind: A Wake Up Call
“At last, in the gray dawn of Civilization the fire in the Soul dies down. The dwindling powers rise to one more, half-successful, effort of creation, and produce the Classicism that is common to all dying Cultures. The soul thinks once again, and in Romanticism looks back piteously to its childhood; then finally, weary, reluctant, cold, it loses its desire to be, and, as in Imperial Rome, wishes itself out of the overlong daylight and back in the darkness of protomysticism in the womb of the mother in the grave.” ThinkingLooksSoulLastsMotherDesireDiesCultureWishLosesCommonEffortHalfDarknessSuccessfulFireChildhoodDyingCreationProduceColdCivilizationGravesDawnGrayRomeWearyWombReluctantRomanticismDaylightClassicism Book:The decline of the West Source: The decline of the West