The Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT) is the basis for an economic system which is an alternative to both capitalism and communism. PROUT was conceived by P.R. Sarkar in 1959 who in the article below outlines some of the basic features of a decentralised, cooperative economic system built upon the principles of PROUT.
Source: Progressive utilisation theory
How about some sketches I’ve done recently.
That’s it today, nothing profound, just thought you’d like to see where my brain’s at. Have great week.
Hi there. Here’s another Monday musings. Sorry I missed last week, I was sick all weekend and couldn’t put one together, but I’m back.
Some of you may have noticed I haven’t posted here, or on Instagram, or Facebook, about my graphic novel I’ve been working on for several years. Well I came to an impasse where I didn’t know how to continue it. I kinda script as I go, and ran out of steam at 25 pages. So I started work on something else that I didn’t script at all, and an actually almost finished , just need the last few pages figured out to stick the landing. (It’s a normal sized adventure comic, so not a “graphic novel.) Anyways, 25 pages was the end of the first act, but any ideas for the second act didn’t thrill me. I’ve finally figured out the way into the second act (basically a change in POV), and also the third and final(?) act. Now to flesh them out and get writing and drawing.
On to other stuff.
Their less than two-inch stature makes them easy to miss. But locals are finding the figurines seemingly everywhere.
Source: Who’s creating the unicorns popping up around Providence?
A little bit ago I did a post on libraries. Here’s another article about Mychal Threets a librarian who uses TikTok to promote how great libraries are. He’s a lot of fun.
His compassion radiates through the screen as he promotes positivity, belonging and “library joy.” In a country faced with a dire literacy crisis, coinciding with regressive and discriminatory book bans and attacks on third spaces from conservatives, Threets’ work to make reading more accessible is needed now more than ever.
And another artist to end the day with. Hazem Harb is a Palestinian artist working in the UAE.
Dystopia is not a Noun #14, 2023
Tabari Artspace modern and contemporary Middle Eastern Art Gallery in Dubai
1. You will receive a body.You may love it or hate it, but this one body will be yours for the duration of your lifetime on earth.
2. You will be presented with lessons.You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called “life.” Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.Growth is a process of trial and error: experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately “works.”
4. A lesson is repeated until learned.A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go to the next lesson.
5. Learning does not end.There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
6. “There” is no better than “here.”When you’re “there” has become a “here,” you will simply obtain another “there” that will again, look better than “here.”
7. Others are only mirrors of you.You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself. Each reflection is an opportunity for growth.
8. What you make of your life is up to you.You have all the tools and resources you need, what you make of them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside you.The answers to life’s questions lie inside you. All you need do is look, listen and trust.1
0. You will forget all this at birth.Throughout the process of life, you will have opportunities to remember if you choose.
Source: Ten Rules For Being Human – Dr. Chérie Carter-Scott, MCC
After Jean Giraud.
French artist Edouard Martinet has a knack for revitalizing discarded materials like motor components, medical implements, and bike parts.
A selection of recent work by artist Shane Keisuke Berkery.
Carving out a niche where traditional woodworking, modernism, and esoterica meet, Aleph Geddis crafts intricate geometric sculptures from solid pieces of timber. Each abstract piece has a personality of its own, some elusively figurative while others appear like glyphs or ancient symbols transformed into three-dimensional shapes.
Source: Esoteric Forms Emerge from Wood in Aleph Geddis’s Enchanting Geometric Sculptures — Colossal
