Hasta La Creative!

The last taboo is the myth of civilization.

It is built upon the stories we have constructed about our genius, our indestructibility, our manifest destiny as a chosen species. It is where our vision and our self-belief intertwine with our reckless refusal to face the reality of our position on this Earth. It has led the human race to achieve what it has achieved, and has led the planet into the age of ecocide. The two are intimately linked. We believe they must be decoupled if anything is to remain.

We believe that artists­?—?which is to us the most welcoming of words, taking under its wing writers of all kinds, painters, musicians, sculptors, poets, designers, creators, makers of things, dreamers of dreams?—?have a responsibility to begin the process of decoupling. We believe that, in the age of ecocide, the last taboo must be broken —?and that only artists can do it.

— ?From Uncivilization by Paul Kingsnorth and Douglas Hine

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