INSPIRATION
An ethic of love
Amo volo ut sis: I love you, I will that you be.
Amor mundi. Love for the world
Hannah Arendt
Love is the canvas, the ethos, as well as one one of the tools, of transformation and change. There is an important shift that needs to take place, frrom acting out an ethic of love rather than out of anger and fear.
Wise truth
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house
Audre Lourde
The key traits which characterize wise truth and its pursuit are love, humility, curiosity, attentiveness, listening, openness and being non-judgmental.
Playful Subversion
Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
Rep. John Lewis, former American Civil Rights Leader and U.S. Congressman
This tool involves the imaginative and playful use of wit, satire, parody and acting as the devil’s advocate to expose and challenge structures of injustice embedded in the status quo.
Humor
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain
Humour is a powerful tool that we bring to the table as individual artists of social change.
It is also a collective tool. Families and societies that can laugh together, stay together. It is wonderful for developing social cohesion, connection and camaraderie.
Imagination
Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence
Osho
Imagination is at the heart and soul of creating joyful revolutions of flourishing. It is the art of envisioning the impossible, that which doesn’t exist yet, and then birthing it into being.
Every human being who ever lived, lives, or who is yet to be born, is creative and imaginative. That means you!
Co - creative Abundance
Abundance is a fact of nature…
There are no haves and have-nots. We are all haves and our assets are diverse. In the alchemy of collaboration, we become equal partners; we create wholeness and sufficiency for everyone.
Lynne Twist ,The Soul of Money
The state we live in is one of abundance, not scarcity and lack.