Voices in the wilderness - May Issue

 


Voices in the Wilderness

Fellow artists, blessed and gifted with talents and opportunities to be yet another historic voice in the wilderness crying out for justice to be made manifest; may our weapons of choice be sharpened to be heeded and heart felt. May our work’s, howsoever small but still flickering, become beacons of light against the seemingly growing social darkness gripping so many with feelings of helpless, hopeless despair. May our performing platforms serve as battering rams able to shatter the illusions blinding so many from the truth: We Are One! We are stewards, co-heirs destined to harvest and share what this world, this planet, this society still has the potential to offer and make manifest.

For promised better days to come we need just accept that we are the voices, the hands and feet of a cosmic force made manifest thru us, for us, just because – because we’re built for more than present minds and hearts have come to accept. We’ve been granted eyes, ears and minds to experience what’s beyond the frightening thunder dome of present times. We are visionaries endowed with the courage to walk through the fires of being ignored, underestimated, neglected, even persecuted simply because we dare exist out the box. We’re beyond the propaganda feeding conformity and herd mentality. Make no mistake: We are voices in the wilderness threatening a contradiction to misconceptions blasting the human mind with too much misdirecting information. While such is intended to keep the majority in a state of mental constipation, BELIEVE! Our crafts, like an enema, have the potential to cause reasons for many to pause and contemplate alternative perspectives.

Bottom line, being overloaded by the speeding freight train of present circumstances and conditions is not only causing massive worldwide indigestion but, across the social board, it’s bringing the levels of crisis sustainability into question. Do note the recent docu-movie 2073 and Consider! Brain twisting Carl Jung has noted that the reason for such evil to continue existing in this world is that people are not being allowed time to tell their story. Analyzing society, Eric Fromm hints that human destructiveness is the outcome of people existing with unfulfilled lives. And while trying to address the symptoms, not the cause, the pursuit of material gain and immediate gratification continues to be the fruitless but unquestioned and unchecked solution.

Under such conditions and circumstances, we the artists, through a poem, a song, a painting, a skit of some sort, etc. can bring matters to a screeching halt long enough for people to at least relax, ponder, even wonder. Make not the mistake to underestimate, we are the voices in this present wilderness, able to cry out for truth and justice to be heard and heartfelt. And do consider that the voices mentioned in Isa 40:3 and John 1:23 have yet to be silenced regardless of our fallen predasesors.

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