KOYAANISQATSI poses a dichotomy between natural order and our imposition upon it. It presents an irony in which humanity, naturally occurring, actively seeks to reject it's mother earth like a rebellious teenager. This is an idealised form of progress that is self serving, dependent on ego, and subject to chaos and turmoil, producing environments which do not serve our best interests. Frustrated we cling to escape, peace and quiet. The distinction to be made between the wild and the city is noise. Silence provides self awareness, and helps concentration. We can celebrate infrastructure, its collective ideal, but in doing so we must also realise the effects of this constant stimulus and acknowledge our dissociation with the present.
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"If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present."
-Lao Tzu
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