Blood Of Aeons Painting

Our world is fueled by the extraction of its own blood, the finite fossils of distant ancestors, but like any organism there's only so much that can be taken or spilled before the body is spent and lifeless. Exhibit A: Common characteristics of addiction: -You need more and more of a substance to get the same effects (called "tolerance"), and you can take more before you feel an effect. -You feel strange when the drug wears off. You may be shaky, depressed, sick to your stomach, sweat, or have headaches. You may also be tired or not hungry. In severe cases, you could even be confused, have seizures, or run a fever. -You can't stop yourself from using the drug, even if you want to. You are still using even though it's making bad things happen in your life, like trouble with friends, family, work, or the law. -You spend a lot of your time thinking about the drug: how to get more, when you'll take it, how good you feel, or how bad you feel afterward. -You have a hard time giving yourself limits. You might say you'll only use "so much" but then can't stop and end up using twice that amount. Or you use it more often than you meant to. -You've lost interest in things you once liked to do. -You've begun having trouble doing normal daily things, like cooking or working. -You drive or do other dangerous things (like use heavy machines) when you are on the drug. -You borrow or steal money to pay for drugs. -You hide the drug use or the effect it is having on you from others. -You're having trouble getting along with co-workers, teachers, friends, or family members. They complain more about how you act or how you've changed. -You sleep too much or too little, compared to how you used to. Or you eat a lot more or a lot less than before. -You look different. You may have bloodshot eyes, bad breath, shakes or tremors, frequent bloody noses, or you may have gained or lost weight. Exhibit B: Cultural characteristics of fossil fuel addiction: -Your capitalist economic model requires more and more fossil fuel to get the same effects (called "progress"), in order to prop up unsustainable growth. -You feel strange when the constant access to appliances and technology wears off. You may be bored, depressed, or anxious. In severe cases, you could even be confused, terrified, and helpless if you find yourself in a wild natural space without machines. -You can't stop yourself from using the drug, even if you want to. You are still using even though it's making bad things happen in your society and world, like political corruption, war, poverty, pollution, and climate change. -As a politician or capitalist, you spend a lot of your time thinking about the drug: how to get more, when you'll take it, how good you feel, or how bad you feel without it. -You have a hard time giving yourself limits. You might say you'll only use "so much" but then can't stop and end up using twice that amount. Or you use it more often than you meant to. -You've lost interest in things you once liked to do, like being free in nature. -You've begun having trouble doing normal daily things, like cooking or working without relying on its ever-present convenience. -You drive or do other dangerous things (like use heavy machines) when you are on the drug. -You borrow or steal money to pay for drugs, in the form of the stock market, IMF/World Bank, and exploitative foreign policy. -You hide the drug use or the effect it is having on you from others, by denying climate change and silencing all dissent or resistance. -You're having trouble getting along with other countries, cultures, or less privileged populations. They complain more about how you act or how you've changed. -You sleep too much or too little, compared to how you used to. Or you eat a lot more or a lot less than before, because of access to a cheap and unhealthy industrialized, mono-cropped food supply propped up unsustainably with petroleum, natural gas, and coal-based fertilizers. -You look different. You may be losing clean natural spaces or resources, which are being replaced with contaminated zones and concrete urban wastelands.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:14 W x 18 H x 2 D in

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