Artistic permaculture
The greenest production process is artistic generation.
It is more sustainable and less impactful than any other human activity.
And yet, artistic generation is responsible for most of what cultures
are proudest of–the frescos and philosophies. A single person with
a few meager supplies can produce paintings, sculptures, novels, even
systems of thought and religions.
England burned down all of its forests more than 600
years ago in order to fuel the production of products long dead, while
Saint Thomas Aquinas birthed a durable system of thought without any
discernible impact on Medieval forests, streams or fisheries.
This is why the Point Reyes Light recently
began a series of political art contests. Art is generated when talent
is fueled by inspiration. There are many talented artists in West Marin.
The Light will do it’s best to inspire them.
Artistic fusion takes place when large numbers of
artists press and agitate against one another. Paris in the 1920’s,
Florence during the Renaissance – why not West Marin in 2010? The
Light would like to encourage the best and brightest artists of
our generation to move to West Marin and become organic farmers of the
mind.
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