1.5.   melancholy and indifference - reset modernity

Modernity thus brought forth this man into whom no one can speak, the man who has evacuated the voice of the community from himself and now convinces himself of his immediate goodness. Nevertheless, it remained an impossibility to indulge in that reverie that allows one to be unavailable to the world. Thus, modern man has believed for quite some time that he has always managed to forbid anyone else to talk into one's own self. But this has never been more of an illusion than it is today.

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The Binary System

Modernity was a way to differentiate past and future, progress and regress, radical and conservative,black and white.
However, at a time of deep ecological and economical mutation, such binary systems are failing. Simply because it already draws, while decribing, a gap between things and events.
This is why it is time for a reset.
Let’s pause for a while, follow the silence. Ignore the language, learn to look...

The New Village Project by Manuela Johanna Covini

We already managed to synchronize our own history with the history of the world. Still we believe in the promise of equality.
The moon orbits around the earth and it rotates around its own axis. But both last exactly the same time, namely 27 days and 7 hours. And that's the only reason why we always see the same side of the moon. The earth behaves quite differently.

The always same side of the moon

We need confidence - without confidence democratic life and action is not possible. Confidence can be discovered in the urgent challenges of our day, but the question of a safe, inclusive, and sustainable society must be ansered and acted by each individual...