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What Would it Look Like? (Video)
An outstanding thoughtful short film, that quietly screams out for a reformation of our values, way of life, and excessive consumption. It is a plea “to stop for a moment and look at ourselves from a broader perspective” (Taxo, 2009, 21:29). Translated into 17 different languages, it is about hope for a better tomorrow. It asks people to question the systems and structures that have been put into place to control society. We cannot ask the people who put these structures in place to remedy them because they don’t know how to think that way. What do we have to do in order for others to be free? “People expect to participate and can’t. People expect to experience a world of oneness and can’t, because every system tells them that they are free… but they’re not” (Bishop, 2009, 11:45).
The lavish, luxurious impression of North America through advertising and media has created a world of want, for cars, televisions, appliances, groovy shoes… the list goes on. It is transforming people, who before had nothing but contentment, to people who have things, but no contentment. With the population rising and consumptive habits increasing, Hardin’s assumption that there are no technical solutions may be correct. The film isn’t all doom and gloom though. It concludes with messages of hope and belief of what if this reality could change, and if so, what would it look like?
Link to the video:
Salinas, H. S. & Vaughan-Lee, E. (2009). What Would it Look Like? Global oneness
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