{"id":1702,"date":"2022-04-14T01:18:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T01:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katehollett.com\/?page_id=1702"},"modified":"2023-08-26T19:52:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T19:52:56","slug":"21st-century-gods-goddesses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/katehollett.com\/?page_id=1702","title":{"rendered":"21st Century Gods & Goddesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c10:45 AM, I\u2019m in Venice, Italy, for the Biennale, standing in Marco Polo square, the morning fog has lifted and I\u2019m surrounded by hundreds of tourists taking selfies<\/i><\/b>.\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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When I was looking at these people I was in awe. They were all so happy, they were posing, composing, smiling and shining for someone back home, a mother, a lover, a friend. Through social media, they were no longer in Venice, they were in grandmas\u2019 house in Seattle or somewhere at a caf\u00e9 in Tokyo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was not just self-focused; it was interconnected. The people taking selfies reminded me of Roman Gods, shining, transcending realities of time and space. I was moved to recreate this vision; everyday ordinary people as extraordinary; gods & goddesses manifesting their worlds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do we live in one reality?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are indeed reshaping time. As Marshall Mcluhan states \u201cWe become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.\u201d Our environment and our economies are tied into each other globally yet we identify with nations, cities, religions, gender, race and economics. Grappling with our identity has at once never been so complicated, also never has it presented us with so many opportunities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Does taking a selfie or pic, take us out of our reality? Which reality? Every moment is filled with memories and future plans, and, every moment is this moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a world of billions, who are we? How do we matter? We recreate our meaning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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