Together we can prevent the future: consider the source

Abstract

"Let us consider the past and the future with an equal mind and celebrate the two: the past- that museum we carry around with us always, encoded as it is within US, and the future- inspirations newly-minted coin before it tarnishes. This advice from Stephen Neil Greengard is easier said than done. It seems a large part of the population is terrified and spitefully resistant of The Future romantically obsessing over The Past as a Utopian simpler time" when there was nothing "wrong with kids today" and the world was just better (perhaps better than it ever will be again). Keeping both the past and the future in mind with equal sentiment has become a rare balancing act. There is no shortage of simplified sayings about the past or the future, but the one I subscribe to is "the more things change, the more they stay the same". I personally feel that each modem age evil has its historical counterpart. Recognizing the perils of new things and accepting the reality of equally immoral eras throughout history is the position I take; doing so means accepting revisionist sources of information about what has already happened/ and continuously examining reports on the woes of today with scrutiny. A large portion of what I would call becoming an adult has been trying to make an effort to identify and consider the sources of information in all its forms as I am bombarded daily. This constant questioning of the nature of facts can cause some anxiety, which has crept into the kind of art that I create.