“Don’t you get tired? Aren’t you fed up? Pushing the agenda for the higher ups.
Could you be wise? Won’t you be free? Living an illusion for this fantasy…”
The Viral Man
Iam Saums – Since the first footprint left by the earliest civilizations, mankind has always sought, fought, built and destroyed to leave its signature. Its very existence has become an antithesis of nature. Its mind has made it such that the natural world is something to be conquered to measure its success, progress and worth. Generation after generation has sparred with everything it has perceived to be a threat and challenge to its survival. Monuments have been crafted to represent the artificial power, might and wisdom mankind has stolen from nature and manipulated with its timeless arrogant desires.
The natural world and all of its mysteries, wonders, majesty and life is simply not enough in its true, raw and rugged expression to satisfy mankind’s desires. It had to remove, dissect, deconstruct, diminish and destroy nature in order to examine and exploit it. Nature’s resources were extracted, altered, manipulated, boiled, burned and exhausted at an astronomical rate. Whole ecosystems were sacrificed upon the altar of mankind’s progress, convenience, industry and wealth. It gradually placed itself in the center of the cycle of life as it imprisoned the world with its greed, selfishness and insatiable hunger. Continue reading