'I envision our project not as being a bunch of professional media people tramping around the island with cameras; instead I hope it will be an emotional and spiritual journey by a deeply connected group of artists, to honor the issues that Midway represents. Maybe it is not too ambitious to hope—if we can fully rise to the occasion—that we might be able to co-create a multi-media work of art that tenderly witnesses this middle point that humanity finds itself at right now. And in the eye of the storm —the apex of the Gyre—perhaps our collaborative efforts can create a container for healing that might have some small effect on the collective choice that is to come.” Chris Jordan
I have bolded the two phrases above because they go right to the heart of the matter: That, first, due to the super-consuming of consuming not only have we created an economic crisis but due to it have also created an environmental crisis. And, second, that we're at a 'middle point' where hard choices will have to be made or not only will there be a catastrophic economic collapse like we've never seen but also a catastrophic environmental nightmare from which we may never wake up.
The Midway Journey project "serves as a lens into one of the most profound and symbolic environmental tragedies of our time: the deaths by starvation of thousands of albatrosses who mistake floating plastic trash for food." And it may also serve as a lens into the current and future state of our economic affairs.
Sad but true.
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