Can the future inform the present? Can the far-future inform the near future? This might prove to be the case in this Age of Aquarius. Whether or not you believe in astrology, there are certain facts about effects of the earth's axis over time, and this would be one of them. We are entering a new time period. To give the gentle reader some perspective, the bust above is from the latter part of the Age of Aries.
We are in the first stages of a conscious push-pull between what is
natural, sustainable, organic, traditional, authentic, etc.
and
technological, mechanical, metallic, wired, "nano"-anything
This will be far deeper than just fashion, though Mr. C. (as in Chalayan; not to be confused with Monsieur G. at Balenciaga) and Euoko skincare have already tested the waters of the future.
Again, a push-pull should be evident, whether or not men still wear suits and skins. Evident whether or not we live in cities and in communes (again).
Evident whether or not we create a utopia or a nightmare.
Of course, the present will choose its own future. But what lies ahead is already here.
- AP
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