{"id":114440,"date":"2018-09-29T15:34:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T22:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=114440"},"modified":"2018-12-03T17:36:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T01:36:46","slug":"the-producer-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/29\/the-producer-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"The Producerism Manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friend,<\/p>\n

This is a call to arms. Let us break free from the shackles of consumerism; let us embolden ourselves with the new ethos of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcproducerism\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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When is consumerism a problem?<\/h2>\n

\"sketch\"<\/p>\n

First question:<\/p>\n

\n Is consumerism bad?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not necessarily. Of course we must consume in order to exist and create!<\/p>\n

However this is the problem:<\/p>\n

\n When our consumption out-weighs our producing.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

PRODUCERISM<\/h2>\n

\"CEFULLCOVER\"<\/p>\n

Most individuals will agree that consumerism is (mostly) bad. However the question is:<\/p>\n

\n What is the solution, or the opposite of consumerism? Or what is the anti-consumerism ethos?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t think one exists (yet).<\/p>\n

My proposition:<\/p>\n

\n Let us embrace ‘producerism’ as a new ethos of living.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

What is producerism?<\/h2>\n

\"ars<\/p>\n

The idea is very basic:<\/p>\n

\n Let us spend 90% of our time, effort, and energy to produce and create stuff. Let us only spend 10% of our lives consuming.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Why produce?<\/h2>\n

\"a_photographers_hand\"<\/p>\n

When we produce (make stuff), we take control. We have freedom. We have autonomy.<\/p>\n

When we are in a ‘flow’ of production and making stuff– we enlighten ourselves. We feel calm and in control. We feel jubilant, because we can put our will into things. We can use our will-power, our minds, and our hands, to give birth to things in real life!<\/p>\n

\"ars<\/p>\n

When we are creators, we become demi-gods. God is the original creator. And we are not god, but we all have an inner-god within ourselves.<\/p>\n

For example our buddy Jesus tells us (John 10:34<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\n “Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?” (King James Bible)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is a Demi-god?<\/h2>\n

The word ‘Demi-god’ comes from Latin: (semi-deus<\/a>). Roman poet Ovid uses the term as ‘half god’.<\/p>\n

Or as my best friend Kanye West says in his ‘I Am A God<\/a>‘ song on Yeezus:<\/p>\n

\n “I know he the most high [Jesus]. But I’m on a close high.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A reference to Psalm 82: (Hebrew bible, A Psalm of Asaph):<\/p>\n

\nI have said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You are gods;
\nyou are all sons of the Most High.
\nBut like mortals you will die,
\nand like rulers you will fall.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – Psalm 82<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My interpretation:<\/p>\n

\n We are divinely inspired, and while we will die– our creations and artwork will live on!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Make art<\/h2>\n

\"1b\"<\/p>\n

What is the best use of our lives and human metabolism? My simple idea:<\/p>\n

\n Make art.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And to improve your artwork, share your pictures to ARSBETA.COM<\/a> to gain insightful feedback and constructive critique on your work, to make yourself an (even more epic) artist!<\/p>\n

ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear friend, This is a call to arms. Let us break free from the shackles of consumerism; let us embolden ourselves with the new ethos of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcproducerism\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1C81CAE5-6BD1-46D8-A6E3-C281CBE22EC2.jpeg?fit=1545%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120369,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114440\/revisions\/120369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}