2012

ETA: Sometimes I'm not even sure if this isn't the apocalypse.
Erik: It's not. But it is judgment day.

Postmodern undercurrent, with its deconstruction of modernist idealism and de-emphasis on progress, future-building, has discombobulated our time-space perception. The concept of Present where we could mobilize change and positively effect tomorrow was dismantled and shelved. We were conditioned to never be, to never act, but instead, caught at two pendulous states: yearning for the past or fiending for the next. Instant gratification, as way of compensation for lack of future. Perhaps ADD just a broader reflection of generations cultivated in this space-time-confusion, a product of this strobe-light, postmodern symptom.

One day we will be gone from here. The earth is not binded to us, we are binded to her. The Apocalypse is not a singular cataclysmic event that will extinct us, and leave nature fated. Life will strive without us. The Apocalypse, as a concept, is not literal or political, but a metaphor. It is when the opportunity for us to become a romantic existence and embody our humanity is presented, but instead, we succumb and turn into a porno, a perversion. We will still be here physically, but our humanity will not - those apocalyptic narrative visions of us as drones, zombies metaphorically real.

Many of us understand that we are at a crossroads, but detach from it. The commercial beast perpetuating this disconnect, commodifying it to parody - inhumanly capitalizing on our possible degradation, as it only knows how. Michael Bay is developing 2012 into a blockbuster event. Not inconceivable to see "The end is near. Where will you be? Tune into FOX news for live, in-depth coverage." on billboards.

These are the most exigent moments in our existence. We need to embrace the responsibility we have to ourselves and each other, and understand that, as individuals, we must claim every thought, word, and action we make. Because in these moments our dependence on one another has never been more crucial, or beautiful.