I wrote the following in the introduction of “What is going on ? ” and it describes perfectly well what the present CoronaVirus episode, in the History of Late-Modernity, is unleashing on human societies the world over :
2020-04-16
First devastating societal blow in Late-Modernity (2)
I wrote the following in the introduction of “What is going on ? ” and it describes perfectly well what the present CoronaVirus episode, in the History of Late-Modernity, is unleashing on human societies the world over :
2020-04-12
The spectacle of a Western break-down
I had written a comment as a response on an article titled "It’s Time for Conscious Uncoupling With China" that was written by Dan Harris and published on "The China law blog" this April 11, 2020.
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I now share this response on my blog because "The China Law Blog" censured it while in no way does it peddle fake-news, nor does it attack individuals, nor does it use foul language. It conveys an analytical sketch of the present moment in history. In other words refusing to publish it was a blatant act of censuring free speech. A screenshot of freedom made in the USA...
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2020-04-10
First devastating societal blow in Late-Modernity (1)
The CoronaVirus outbreak that occurred in China in the beginning of January soon locked me down in Beijing and this eliminated the brouhaha of society that helped me to focus on the technicalities of digital imaging.
But the extraordinary nature of the epidemic, and the even more extraordinary nature of the language that was accompanying it, kept me coming back to the web. What impressed me most is that while the epidemic transformed in a pandemic the language in use in the West morphed into virulent propaganda; a sign that the pandemic is somehow radically altering the geo-political balance of power.
My intellectual curiosity was aroused and to get a better grip on the reality I decided that after finishing this series of digital transformations I would restart to write about the societal and geo-political transformations that are taking place under our very eyes.
What follows is a new series of posts that will form, the first draft material of, a 3rd book about our contemporary circumstances.
Book 1 : "A growing disconnect between East and West". Published in October 2018
Book 2 : "What
is going on
? ". Published on the 06th of December 2019.
Book 3 : "A first devastating blow in Late-Modernity".
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2020-03-23
The 4th batch of 256 paintings of wall 202 are online
Pushing the envelope to 19.2 x
28.8 meters ... (continuum of 1024 digital paintings).
This 4th batch represents the 4th quarter of the wall (D) and represents 256 paintings...
The print size of each digital painting is 60 x 90 cm and the complete gallery of this 4th quarter of wall 2-02 is now online (Gallery D = 256 paintings).
Here under are a few samples from this collection of 256 digital paintings.
2020-03-11
The 3rd batch of 256 paintings of wall 202 are online
The third batch represents the 3rd quarter of the wall and represents 256 paintings... The print size of each digital painting is 60 x 90 cm.
The complete gallery of this second quarter of wall 2-02 is online (Gallery C = 256 paintings).
Here under are a few samples from this collection of 256 digital paintings.
2020-03-03
The 2nd batch of 256 paintings of wall 202 are online
Pushing the envelope to 19.2 x
28.8 meters ... (continuum of 1024 digital paintings). This second batch represents the second quarter of 256 paintings... The print size of each digital painting is 60 x 90 cm.
The complete gallery of this second quarter of wall 2-02 is online (Gallery B = 256 paintings).
Here under are a few samples from this collection of 256 digital paintings.
2020-02-20
The first 256 paintings of wall 202 are online
Once terminated this new wall will total 1024 digital paintings that will be available as limited edition prints sized each at 60 x 90 cm.
The complete gallery of the first quarter (A = 256 paintings) of wall 2-02 is online.
Here under are a few samples from this collection of 256 digital paintings.
2020-02-07
Wall 201 is online
I took the opportunity of Beijing's standstill, due to the coronavirus spreading from Wuhan, to terminate a new series of digital variations,
The complete gallery of wall 2-01 is online.
Here under are a few samples from this collection of 256 digital paintings.
2020-01-04
The seven trends that will define China in the 2020s
This is a summary and a commentary on a very interesting article by Andrew Leung titled "The seven trends that will define China in the 2020s " that was published today 2020-01-04 in the South China Morning Post.
2020-01-02
We are rapidly sliding into a new era
The 20ths of the 21st century are going to be remembered as a turning point in world History. Vital trends have been accelerating for years and are now reaching a tipping point. The overriding factor at work here is the shift of the center of gravity of the economy-world from the West (with Washington-NewYork at its core) to the East (with Beijing-Shanghai at its core.
2019-12-29
Wall 105 is online
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| Wall 105. 9.6 x 14.4 meters. |
The complete gallery, of all 256 digital variations of painting 1-05 from "the grand project" is online.
Check some of these here under
2019-12-15
Wall 104 is online
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| Oil painting 1-04. Size 60 x 90 cm. |
The complete gallery, of all 256 digital variations of painting 1-04 from "the grand project" is finally online.
2019-12-12
Digital transformations wall 104. (02).
Some new transformations of original painting 1-04 from the Grand Project.
2019-12-10
Digital transformations wall 104
Some new digital transformations
1. First some links to necessary technical information:
- what is the "Grand Project" ?
- differences between digital transformations and algorithmic painting
- how does organic art measure up in artistic evoluttion
- galleries to Digital Transformations Walls 101, 102, 103
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2019-12-06
First 2 paintings from the 104 series
I started the digital transformations of painting 1-04 of the "grand project". This series will total 256 digital paintings and they are forming a continuum as you can see on Digital transformations 1 + 2. When this series is terminated the wall of 256 paintings will have a size of 9.6 x 14.4 meters. The original oil painting as well as the prints of each digital transformation have a size of 60 x 90 cm.
Click on images to blow up to your screen width.
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2019-12-04
What is going on ? The book.
1. Book
I just published "What is going on ?" in book form (302 pages). Click here for a free download.
This is a first version customization in book
form of my series of 14 posts going by the same title.
After letting the book settle for a while
I'll eventually further edit the text.
In the meantime I would be grateful to
anyone for any suggestions or critiques. Please use the comment section
or the mail-form.
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2019-11-28
What’s going on here? (14)
7.5.
finding meaning in life
Everyone can find meaning in life by concentrating on perfection in the execution of one’s activities or in sharing the love of a family or of a community of friends. But does this appease our existential questions ? Does it help us find solace in our societal arrangement ? Or more generally is this satisfying all the demands of the mind ?
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2019-11-21
What’s going on here ? (13)
Two
ideas, stand out in “7.2. About the mind and thinking“,
that have fundamental implications for the societal process of
knowledge formation :
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“ the total power of the ‘body’s processing machine’1 is bound to remain hidden forever from our thinking mind “
- “ the difficulty to master the process of conscious reconciliation of the subconscious experience is an intrinsic limitation to the formation of knowledge “
This post addresses the following:
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2019-11-13
What’s going on here? (12)
7. Finding meaning in life
This post addresses the following:
7.1.
on the emergence of societal evolution and art
7.2.
about the mind and thinking
7.3. about truthfulness: the mind and society
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2019-11-07
What’s going on here ? (11)
6. societal collapse
Over their thousands of years of observation, of nature and of human activities in nature, the ancient tribal wo(men) of knowledge concluded that humans have a nefarious tendency to damage their habitat. To counter this tendency they devised what is called “the precautionary principle” or in the words of Black Elk “the 7th Generation principle”.1 Both of these principles teach that it is imperative to make certain every, personal or societal, decision will not negatively impact the life of future generations. These principles are part of a worldview that was elaborated over the long time span of tens of thousands of years.
With Modernity ‘the reason that is at work within capital’ concerns itself with one thing only and that is to generate profits. Those who venerate the reason get rich and enjoy an abundance of material possessions. All other citizens envy their richness and the abundance of their possessions. This worldview was elaborated over the relatively short time span of 6-8 centuries.
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Over their thousands of years of observation, of nature and of human activities in nature, the ancient tribal wo(men) of knowledge concluded that humans have a nefarious tendency to damage their habitat. To counter this tendency they devised what is called “the precautionary principle” or in the words of Black Elk “the 7th Generation principle”.1 Both of these principles teach that it is imperative to make certain every, personal or societal, decision will not negatively impact the life of future generations. These principles are part of a worldview that was elaborated over the long time span of tens of thousands of years.
With Modernity ‘the reason that is at work within capital’ concerns itself with one thing only and that is to generate profits. Those who venerate the reason get rich and enjoy an abundance of material possessions. All other citizens envy their richness and the abundance of their possessions. This worldview was elaborated over the relatively short time span of 6-8 centuries.
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2019-10-31
What’s going on here ? (10)
“ The situation we are in –in terms of what receives attention and prominence– is post-art. At this time, and in social space, art is basically an adjunct of the entertainment business. … The issue is how to snap art out of its death trance –living its own death, so to speak– and make it once again a living and lived experience.” 1.
“How
to snap art out of its death trance and make it once again a living
and lived experience” ? Hum… assumptions will not revive
the function of art Mr. Kuspit !
The
reality is that, over 99.9% of the historical span of societal
evolution, art was first and foremost a societal matter while the
individual genius was at best an accessory. In that sense snapping
art out of its death trance, if
it ever happens, will
be a societal feat and not the heroic act of individual geniuses.
And the probability, that
such a societal feat will be instigated by human will, does
not register high on
the scale of realism.
But
how did art enter its death trance in the first place ?
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2019-10-24
What’s going on here ? (9)
From a very long haul perspective the present
re-balancing of world affairs appears as the rebuilding of the
governance-world in the wake of a category 5 economic hurricane that
swept the whole world of its postmodern pipe-dream fantasies. In
contrast in the aftermath of the great convergence of all the
side-effects of Modernity there is a very high probability that
nothing will be left to rebuild. In the most innocuous of all
possible scenarios only a small number of humans will survive who
eventually will be forced to start a new cycle of “societal
evolution” in
order to survive.
2019-10-17
What’s going on here ? (8)
3.8. emergence of A new world order The day, when international transactions will be paid for with a new world currency, will be recognized in history as the day a new multilateral world order will have succeeded to bury the short uni-polar reign of the American empire. This new multilateral world order will have East-Asia as its core and Beijing will act as its center of gravity.
The present post addresses the following:
4.1. community versus empire
4.2. Western prospects
4.3. Western Modernity is out, what comes next ?
4.3. Western Modernity is out, what comes next ?
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2019-10-10
What’s going on here ? (7)
3.7. about the center of gravity of the economy-world
The last post in this series was What’s going on here ? (6) and it addressed the following:
3. determinant factors driving the ‘governance-world’
3.1. Societal atomization
3.2. Creeping totalitarianism
3.3. Western illusions
3.4. The West has no clue about China's strategy
3.5. The West is setting itself up for a rude awakening
3.6. The empire loses its clients
The present post is a continuation and addresses the following 2 realities:
- how the center of gravity of the economy-world shifted multiple times along its history,
- how it is presently shifting from the West (Washington) to East Asia (Beijing).
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