I spoke of a follow-up to the recent exhibit that marked the birth of Planet Earth 2.0 on my September 2nd blog posting, "First Step." Here it is. I'm illustrating it with a work of mine from 2005 titled "Magi"
In this image, I explore the truly magical aspects of our ability to conceive the miracle of life in our conscious and our ability to contemplate a landscape of relationships between Life's mysteries and the revelation of some of its secrets.
I revisited the theme of the Magi, as so many artists have done for thousands of years, as if to survey one of the most ennobling and iconic themes in human history. I revisit it in an effort to nourish my own belief that we, humanity, still have adequate moral foundations, The ingenious capability and the will to embrace a new level of consciousness and to begin to acknowledge all life as precious and indispensable with greater accordance to natural design.
There may be no higher act of reverence than the act of becoming a living being who is intimately connected to a life, all life--particularly at this moment when all of life is in clear and present danger and we must rise to the occasion and meet the challenge.
Planet Earth 2.0, the ideas that support its conception, the principles that emerged during its 29 years of gestation and the aesthetic that gives it its cultural shape and function have all come to be alive on its birthday on August 29, 2009.
The "Birth of Planet Earth 2.0" exhibit at the salon in the Frame Gallery & Gift in Cape Coral, Florida, unlike the original Magi, was attended by a multitude of people composed of government officials, ambassadors, business people, artists, teachers, trades workers and family --all dear friends whose presence I requested so that I could thank them for their support during the nearly three decades that it took to turn a laughable notion into a new world.
Today we launch a new website where the ongoing life of Planet Earth 2.0 is chronicled and shared with them and with all of our Facebook friends around the world. You will find a link to it below. On this website I'm privileged to share with you the works of art that we featured at the exhibit and a wonderful gallery of the people who attended and signed Planet Earth 2.0's "birth certificate," the Planet Earth 2.0 manifesto.
But how real is Planet Earth 2.0? Really?
It is real enough to be experienced. I say this because it exists and because Planet Earth 2.0 is in fact a new state of consciousness that has a constituency from around the world.
Planet Earth 2.0's social media presence in facebook alone is a developing global phenomenon as shown by the following report issued by its facebook creator Brent Scheneman. He reports on September 14,2009:
I'm proud to share these statistics with you regarding our Facebook group in its first 30 days since it was launched:
- 197 members
- 21 nations are represented within the ranks of our membership.
- 5 continents are represented within the ranks of our membership...(all except Antarctica and Australia).
- 11 nations are represented by at least 17 members in nations where we will be searching for artists as WPMP ambassadors.
- Those 17 members have a total of 2,543 Facebook friends.
- The 21 nations of our Facebook group, "Planet Earth 2.0" as of Sept.14, 2009, are Canada, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Equador, France, Germany, India, Italy, Lebanon, Macedonia, Nepal, Norway, Serbia, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, and Venezuela.
(compiled by Brent Scheneman.)
This my friends is the momentum that is building up towards the very real "Facebook Worldwide Artist Search." It is the beginning of the global merging point of friends who sincerely embrace planet Earth 2.0's objective to promote the growth of "a world that future generations can sustain and a planet that can sustain future generations."
To discover the new website, visit http://www.planetearth2point0.com/
To visit the WPMP participating nations page, visit http://www.wpmp.net/wpmp_participating_nations.htm
To visit our group on Facebook, visit http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128344214560
For your own complimentary image of "Magi" click on the image above. That will take you to Flickr where you may download one.
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