PRODS - What Is nature?

“Because the present is always a period of painful change, every generation views the world in the past’ 1.

The artist sees the present (future) everyone else lives in the past.

“The future’s already arrived, it’s just not evenly distributed yet” William Gibson –science fiction writer.

“What is happening at the present time is that changes are occurring so rapidly that the rear-view mirror does not work anymore – at jet speeds rear-view mirrors are not very useful.

One must have a way of anticipating the future. Humankind can no longer, through fear of the unknown expend so much energy translating anything new into something old but must do what the artist does ; develop the habit of approaching the present as a task, as an environment to be discussed, analysed, coped with, so that the future may be seen more clearly.” 1.

1.The Global Village – McLuhan & Powers 1989