The Promised Land Project: Displacing the Rotten Foundations of the Modern Era

Turning Vision into Action....at least hypothetically

Strike up the music of the band
We're blazing a trail for the promised land
Heaven on earth is within you.

Through the writing of stories, poetry, essays, and a novel, I’ve creatively contended with the consumer culture and the problem of the ideal in the modern era. This preoccupation in time would lead to a vision of cultural transformation and where I believe our democratic society needs to go to truly progress beyond the modern era. Conceding my limited credibility, this blog provides a synthesis of recognized visionaries, poets, and writers with the objective of making a credible argument. Ultimately, it is a certain feeling the project strives to inspire and sustain on a certain level, making more vital use of poetry and the arts; consequently whether one agrees or not is less important than whether one senses it and feels it over time.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Displacing the Rotten Foundations of the Modern Era

To my view, it appears the modern era is propped up in part by four rotten pillars that, in time will have to be displaced: the notion of detached reason, the misanthropic impulse, nationalism, and individual consciousness. The earth and we as a species may depend on it.

Yet none of these are easily transgressed because we're socialized into these feelings. Nor will didacticism have but limited affect and can be counter productive. When people didactically tell us we shouldn't feel a certain way but we can't help feeling it anyhow, it puts us off. There are legitimate reasons behind these feelings and consequently they present legitimate obstacles.

In this blog I'll address these obstacles from various angles. The short answer, however, as I see it, they'll have to be transcended, or supplanted, by some kind of spiritual movement with particular emphasis on the human spirit.