let us take as our guiding principles,
certain ideas that can act as guides into our
vision of the future……
All human beings are created equal…….
that human beings are transitory, temporary…
that the search for truth begins with doubt, not wonder…
that the pursuit of “life, liberty” is fundamental but not the
pursuit of “happiness”. No, a thousand times no. This error has
lead humans far astray from what should be their journey……
what should be in its place? the third phrase should read as this,
the pursuit of “life, liberty and the journey itself”…
for all of human existence is a journey from birth to death…
what is the point or purpose of life… to die……
that is the final end game of life,
to die: to sleep, No more:
and by sleep to we end the heart-ache and the thousand natural
shocks that flesh is heir to, tis a consummation devoutly to
be wish’d. To die, to sleep: sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there the rub;
for in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause:
Indeed, in this passage of the bard, we see another principle, we discover
the function of ART as it gives us pause, to see another possibility
that exist for us, that in death, we might dream but what dreams must,
give us pause…we imagine our possibilities as human’s and we call that
ART.
so the next example of guiding principles is simple, we must dream
and we call those dreams ART. ART is simply dreams taking form…
and we must express those dreams in some fashion and we have ART.
Another guiding principle is, we must have a vision, a goal, a destination
of where are going, both individually and collectively…Martin Luther
King said, " I have a dream" and that dream is a vision, a goal…and
when the founding fathers said, “all men are created equal” that is another
vision, another goal.
I too have a dream, Kropotkin’s dream is that all human beings have
as their guiding principle, the dream of justice… where all exist
in a state of justice, both individually and collectively……
and what is justice, Justice is just a term for equality…
and the cynics and parties without values or hope, shout,
"Utopia, you speak of Utopia… “man will never reach a state
of justice because we are built too differently. I am different then
my fellow man. My state of justice means I must be treated differently”.
and to all who declare themselves above equality, I say unto you.
If wanting justice for all, as a goal for all, makes that vision
a Utopian dream, then let us dream for Utopia. Let our vision of
another day, be a vision of what we call Utopian. Why must we force ourselves
to dream small, why must our vision of tomorrow be so shallow and narrow.
Why not dream big, why not have a vision of tomorrow where there
is justice for all. It is a goal, a vison worthy of being pursued, not this
puny vision/goal of our pursuit of our materialistic theology, where money
is god. NO, let us dream big where we pursue our dreams of where
justice and not security rules the day. and if it be called Utopian, so be it…
I am not afraid of dreams that benefit the entire world…
and the party of no, shouts, “Naïve” “Innocent” “Dewey-eye liberal”
and I ask, why, why am I “naïve” and they shout back, you can’t dream big…
“Why, I ask”
and finally they reveal the truth about themselves, these naysayers and “realist”…
“We cannot dream big. We are not capable of having large visions.
And because of that, we must deny any who dream big, who have a
vision that answers for all of us. To dream big, to imagine utopia is antithetical to us
because we are incapable of such grand visions, of such power of imagination.
We abhor those who can dream big, of those with visions of utopia because
we are unable to dream of such sweeping grand visions…… we have limited, narrow
dreams and visions…and that makes us suspicious of any who can dream larger
then we can… and that is why we call liberals names… we have small and
insignificant dreams and goals and visions… so we must belittle those who can
dream big”
and the truth wills out, for it is jealousy that drives those who
deny the dreamers of large visions………
I want a world where the values are values of love, peace, hope,
charity, justice and honesty……. I want a world where we wake up
every day with hope in our hearts. If that be called a utopia, then
so be it…I dream of a utopia where everyone can become who they are
and I dream of a reality where dreams really do come true…
I dream of a world of hope and justice and love… I see a vision of
humanity where we live in peace and happiness… and if that is called
a utopia, then so be it… I dream of utopia… and you should to…
for that is the only way we can make utopia real, possible… it is
by our dreams and our actions that will make utopia real and possible…
so call me such names as you see fit… for I shall be dreaming of a future
where we wouldn’t even dream of calling someone names…….
I have a vision…and if is utopia, I plea guilty for I desire to live
in a world where we have peace and justice and love… why dream
of anything less?
Kropotkin