Forgive those who have wept

Port of Spain, a building in wait

This is not a mirage but a superposition of two lots in Port of Spain from a city expanding into high rises made from steel, concrete and glass. This is a building on the verge of being eradicated someday to resemble a open pit of a house gone forever. If this is progress, then I must except it with open arms. Trinidad in the twenty first century, Trinidad in the twenty second century, Trinidad in the quarter of the twenty third century, Trinidad no where to be found.

arbre verre – glass tree

A wall painting depicting the Tree of Life from the turn of the century 2005, Trinidad, W.I.

One of the most important works of the twenty-first century? What could it possibly be? Arbre verre, extending ten metres into the sky. A hand-blown, glass tree. The art work is forged entirely from its roots, truck, branches, leafs and buds, the sculpture is visually blinding yet spectacular to the retina as light refracts on the glass surface described as a psychedelic masterpeice in terms of its precision and lifelike appeal. Visitors can be stroll below on the surface where the tree’s roots are fused with a highly polished noir epoxy or just look towards the branches to the open dome where rays of light can penetrate through. This neo-garden of eden is crystallized to simulate nature but fruits are not to be touched or picked.

arbre verre began its construction in 2040 and was completed in 2047, Toulouse, France

The futurist – Leonardo da Vinci

The futurist

What would Leonardo da Vinci think of the world today? Or did he ever envision the future in five hundred years? How would we describe, the photograph, the moving images of film, the era of television or the internet to him? What would he think of art today, and of the overwhelming resonance in his work centuries later?

Leonardo da Vinci believed in observation. He sorted out the habits of living things in nature and drew a conclusion.To fully understand he dissected every object to see its structure of which he could build upon it. And like the seed that resembles a helicopter, he envisioned the possibilities of flight by duplicating its form. He looked at a turtle’s shell and saw the possibilities for protective armored cart. He saw that life gave all the answers to the mystery of man in his need to define himself above all things yet not flight.

In art, painting brought the pleasure to capturing a moment of perfect bliss, the sitter relayed in their temptation for immortality. As with the portrait of Lisa Gherardini, he manged to merge a part of himself with the sitter as if he painted her from memory. It was a portrait of her, through him. And this is where Art is, as it shall to capture the human spirit, and stop time for eternity.

In Light, shading and stillness, cloaked from the darkness into light an Artist must protect all things dear to him. if one sees and believes what is truth.

And so for the answer, what would he think? Man has not changed in his quest for more.

Mona Lisa
La Gioconda,
Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1503–1506
Oil on wood
77 × 53 cm, 30 × 21 in
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Note: The most beautiful part of painting is the left hand

The Kodak Virtual Moment – Flickr

Above all, people want to voice their ideas without intrusive censorship, the internet allows a truer history of who we are from those who have filtered it in the past

Bones, ” Computer bring up the Flickr data from the turn of the twentieth century”

If you were asked to explain what Flickr is, it could be described as being the operator of a film developing machine, where snap shots of the lives of people are constantly in motion. Yet, with the popularity of Blogger and Youtube, the internet conglomerates are cashing in on the future by storing all of the information that are passed onto them. If you read the Terms and Agreement it says that Flickr collects personal information when you register with Flickr to use Flickr services or to post content on Flickr.

People are less concerned with the policy, and more eager to share their work or kept it as a record on the internet. Nothing more or less is expected but rather it is following in the footsteps of Google by organizing and making information universally accessible. And in time, it would accurately portray the world by recording mankind through his own words through stills and moving images – The truest possible democracy ever conceived.

Storing your ideas for future deeds

The images that are inset with this post are from via The Library of Congress and Pingnews hosted on Flickr. It is a sample of the power of internet and accessibility of information. This is a glimpse into the past and present though historic photography which has shaped our world. In fifty years or so, the world as we see it will come to understand that all the possibilities we strive for will be in reach through a wearable wireless module.

The enemy is ourselves – Heroes

Self-preservation, nature’s first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. – Andrew Marvell

If you believe in your destiny or the power of art to predict the future, you should take a closer look at the sculpture Tar Baby vs. St. Sebastian. (left) It is a self cast of a New York–based artist Michael

It makes you wonder when fiction merges with reality, and how America still feels from the 2001 attacks in New York. This is brought forth by a popular science fiction television show called Heroes, with all the trapping of a mutant, Hiro Hakamura who is on his mission to save New York city from its apocalypse “Boom”. His vision of the city’s pending future can be changed, he believes, if he eliminates a part of himself by killing his all encompassing powerful and zealous foe, Sylar. This is a blissful thoughts of ifs, only if a Hero such as he existed on the morning, Tuesday, September 11th, 2001 to stop the apocalypse, and order of the world as we see it today, 2007, for better or for worst, If only.

One can never be careful enough when dealing with the lives of other people. Once, as a boy, I saw a spider about to kill a wasp which was caught in its web. I said to my self the spider is going to hurt that wasp. so I took a large stone…and then to my horror, I had killed them both. – Pablo Picasso Richards who depicted himself as a martyr pierced by the props of World War 2 fighters. That eventful morning, Mr. Richards was in his studio on the 92th floor. violated

So the age old story continues about the innate gene that makes all of us do the things we do. Self – preservation and the powerful instinct to protect our survival at all costs and follow the order of things though war and genocide. And if we stop and think what our emeries are thinking, it is basically the same. If you have watched most of the episodes, one striking factor is that many of the scenes mirror the attacks and its aftermath to guard itself for those trying to destroy it. America as a country and peoples are suspicious as to who they are, and who they should all be.

The final Heroes episode which will be aired on NBC, 05.20.007 will seek its fate.
You can’t predict the future because it already exists.