The Myths That Make Us Shimmer Series Part 7
Jun 26, 2024
Exploration of existence and mortality through sandcastle building, the catastrophic shimmer in human existence, and embracing art to transform the shimmer and shape humanity's future are the intriguing topics discussed in this final part of the Shimmer Series.
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Sandcastles On The Beach Vision
- Erick Godsey describes a mushroom-fueled vision of people building sandcastles on a beach as a metaphor for human striving.
- The wave on the horizon represents death washing away attempts at immortality, reframing art as conversation rather than an immortality pact.
Art As Communication Not Immortality
- Creating art is meaningful not because it grants immortality but because it refines communication of truth, goodness, and beauty.
- Godsey chooses daily craft (writing at 7am) as a practice of mastery and fidelity to beauty despite knowing mortality.
Poem In The Blast Image
- Godsey imagines composing a poem in the final moments of a bomb blast as an example of art for art's sake.
- The image shows art's power to be the right response even when everything is collapsing.