i really think humans need a focus. a symbol of peace. a manifesto. a new religion.
whatever keeps our species from destroying itself and the planet.
i think hope/solarpunk is like that.
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welcome to the solarpunk utopia!!
isnt it beautiful!?
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Hans Erni (1909-2015) — The New Icarians [tempera on paperboard, 1940]
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The people who invented the twenty-first century were pot-smoking, sandal-wearing hippies from the West Coast like Steve, because they saw differently,” he said. "The hierarchical systems of the East Coast, England, Germany, and Japan do not encourage this different thinking. The sixties produced an anarchic mind-set that is great for imagining a world not yet in existence
― “Steve Jobs” biography by Walter Isaacson.
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Chitra Ganesh, ''Sultana's Dream'', 2018
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“This project is inspired by Sultana’s Dream, a 1905 feminist utopian text written by an early Bengali feminist writer and social reformer, Rokeya Sakhhawat Hossain. Educated thanks to the support of her family, Hossian was one of the few elite Bengali women of her generation writing in English. Sultana’s Dream was written over the course of an afternoon. It was first published in the Ladies’ Journal, a women’s literary magazine based in Madras, appearing some 10 years before Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s iconic feminist utopic novel Herland. Sultana’s Dream, though not as widely known, holds a singular position among early feminist science fiction literature. This series of prints draws on Hossain’s vibrant imagery, translating a story written in verse into a visual grammar that connects with problems that shape 21st century life: apocalyptic environmental disaster, the disturbing persistence of gender-based inequality, the power of the wealthy few against the economic struggles of the majority, and ongoing geopolitical conflicts that cause widespread death and suffering. Created in a form that is historically foundational to the idea of public discourse, this series of works comments through form and content on this fraught moment in world history, demonstrating the enduring relevance of feminist utopia imaginaries in offering an invaluable means of envisioning a more just world.” (Source)
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A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism, Oscar Wilde
{pictured: Utopia Insulae Tabula, by J. Frobenium}
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"Perfect is the enemy of good."
Utopianism is a form of extremism. For a good example, just remember Xian conceptions of heaven.
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Its called utopian not "solar punk" sorry seems like a slur against utopians, to make it seem like its childish immature punk thing to want? who knows, we are living in psyop world after all. Why make a new awkward phrase? anything but the actual words no forbit the actual words! utopian, utopians.
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