Let’s take another look at why Institutions are Imprisoning as I’ve suggested throughout this series. Institutions aren’t imprisoning for everybody but they can be. If the idea is that as long as everyone obeys a specific set of rules to not end up breaking the norm then sure that can lead to order and productivity and safety if that is the aim, but you’re still relying on humans to be obedient to a system. Now if it is cynical to call that imprisonment then so be it; however, we already know...

I mentioned earlier about how people can and do use art forms to navigate the construction of an ethical self. I wrote in the previous edition of this series: The ethical self emerges only when these realities are consciously negotiated and mediated through complex systems—social, cultural, symbolic, and institutional—and through practices such as art and acting, which allow humans to experience, interpret, and integrate diverse perspectives safely without claiming total responsibility. Art,...

If Art is Love and Love is Art and Art and Love are Assertions of the Self then it follows that War is the inevitable destruction. Destruction breeds creation. Does it? Or does it create erasure and a rush to resolve: the cogs of the humanitarian machine begin to turn and people resume their lives, look away, stay neutral or get emotional. The students protest and occupy buildings. The Man does what he does and says he will do what he can. And the wheels keep turning even whilst all...