'Developing a Keen Eye for the Truly Awful...'
Good line, eh? I stole it from a Macleans magazine commentary on the arts...but seriously...? The arts?
I've been developing a new sense lately of what I would consider the 'truly awful'. I guess it takes some of us longer than others to look at the world outside ourselves with any sense of reality, but I've been finding however, I'm not alone. It's taken a collective apathy to create the problems of consumerism, globalization, exploitation, war and political turmoil we face today. The statistics are baffling. Canada and the US rank solidly among the top 10 richest countries in the world - and yet our desire for more remains constantly unsatisfied. And our willingness to help those with less than us is more than embarrassing. Did you know Canada and the US support global poverty and foreign aid with a paltry combined 5 cents per capita private giving and 30 cents per capita government aid?
Our consumer culture has far reaching effects. Every product we purchase, every deal we draft, every conflict we don't settle triggers a chain of reaction, and at the end of each chain, is a person. Here are some of the faces. As far as awful goes, I hardly think the arts qualify.
We are responsible - each of us for the daily decisions that either exacerbate or help to alleviate our global issues. The plan is to update this site with relevant information, exposes, and hopefully some practical solution oriented alternatives to help address the 'truly awful'.
I've been developing a new sense lately of what I would consider the 'truly awful'. I guess it takes some of us longer than others to look at the world outside ourselves with any sense of reality, but I've been finding however, I'm not alone. It's taken a collective apathy to create the problems of consumerism, globalization, exploitation, war and political turmoil we face today. The statistics are baffling. Canada and the US rank solidly among the top 10 richest countries in the world - and yet our desire for more remains constantly unsatisfied. And our willingness to help those with less than us is more than embarrassing. Did you know Canada and the US support global poverty and foreign aid with a paltry combined 5 cents per capita private giving and 30 cents per capita government aid?
Our consumer culture has far reaching effects. Every product we purchase, every deal we draft, every conflict we don't settle triggers a chain of reaction, and at the end of each chain, is a person. Here are some of the faces. As far as awful goes, I hardly think the arts qualify.
We are responsible - each of us for the daily decisions that either exacerbate or help to alleviate our global issues. The plan is to update this site with relevant information, exposes, and hopefully some practical solution oriented alternatives to help address the 'truly awful'.
1 Comments:
It is the largest sin we tolerate and promote within the church. We lie to people and tell them that the holier they are, the more God will bless them with bigger houses and nicer cars.
What a load of crap.
We're stealing from our brothers and sisters (you know... that 90% that doesn't get tithed still belongs to God).
Keep writing! Keep kicking at the darkness!!
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