Original Art Photography Series by @velimir #182 'Dystopia'
'Dystopia'
Dystopian future. There are times when I think about it. Imagine everything we take for granted, gone in several days due to some event, disease or foolishness of human ego. There are actually a few scenarios as to how it might/will happen at some point. Don't want to go through these, you can google those if you like. I'd rather turn to the outcome.
Nothing is as it was. No electricity, no shops, no smartphones, no cars, no processed food, nothing but the grey sad sky, trees with no leaves and endless fight for survival by all means necessary. Human moral values no longer apply because they've become redundant and humans re-acquired animal instincts in order to survive. Let's enjoy the thought that we are smarter than this and will not allow this to happen. The ugly times that I've described, fit well with the photograph.
Everything is painted in a pale blue-greenish tone. Tonality is saddening but balanced. The street lights are turned off. The trees have no leaves. They are also very weird looking. The post is overgrown with some leafless ivy plant adding a bit of unkempt taste to the mix. Looking at it, I get an eerie feeling of open space in an unwelcoming world. I also feel anxiety for what I might see when the camera moves down.
Then again, some people believe that a new start is needed, that our civilization reached its peak and the only way is downward. Not sure I want or like to believe that but, as we already know, everything revolves in circles. Don't worry, if everything goes bonkers and we survive, you'll never have to worry about your loan payments, your boss, your car service, your taxes, you name it... Imagine the freedom you'll gain when the grand reset arrives. :D
Yeah, I like to find a good side in everything! :)
This one was inspired by @vcelier 's question about the movie 'The Road' the other day. I love to read your comments when I catch a bit of time, guys.
Enjoy! :)
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The picture really express a feeling of doom and emptiness - these trees look like dark metal posts and are looking very uniform in a menacing way - like empty eyed, brain washed soldiers - making me feel the stage before the dystopia you describe - a stage where humanity fight among itself by purposeless soldiers led by distant rules that care for their own interests and leading the world to desperation, war and hate - without thinking about the heavy consequences.
The way the trees are composited in the frame makes the message stronger - looking at them, your eye takes you from the nearer part of the picture, where there is still light in the skies, to the distant horizon - dark with heavy cloud getting ready to storm the earth.
This is all might be really scary - but don't worry people! Act - and the blockchain philosophy is about getting the power back to the people and preventing rulers from harming masses of people with foolish decisions- so we are all already in the right way!
Blockchain might change things for the better. If people start accepting it as regular value, we are all way better of. Not only financially but imagine the freedom from everything that is limiting us...
Excellent Picture
You speak of an imaginary dystopia, imagine what it is like to live in that dystopia, I am Venezuelan and my country is a dystopia every day, abused girls, hungry old people, mothers losing children, domestic animals starving like their owners, once to your relatives more and more thin and struggles, struggles and struggles every day against that which oppresses your soul when you watch the children eating from the garbage cans ... You feed on art to survive ... Sorry to say these things ... You touched a sensitive side of me
Oh man, thank you for sharing this. I have never visited Venezuela and have no idea what its like. Shame it is so when you guys have loads of oil, right? How did it come to this? Crooked politicians not caring for anyone?
the images are that friend, they speak for themselves, that if although certain characteristics of a photograph can incline already established appreciations, the perception is totally subjective to the person who is observing a certain image, this means that for some people that image it can cause sadness and for other happiness, the cold can be heat and the heat can be cold, the confinement can be freedom and freedom can be confinement. I like to listen to the appreciations of the authors of the photographs, there we realize how universal the photographic language can be.
Beautiful words, man, thank you!
We need to reinvent ourselves, be it through resistance or a total reboot of civilisation. What morals do we have as society really ? We have enough food and resources to feed, cloth and house all human on this planet. We have the resources to raise all of humanity's standard of living to at least that of the upper middle class of the west, yet we choose to leave things as they are, either out of apathy or general not giving a shit ... we need a hit with the cosmic baseball bat
you are right. i hope to be on the other side of the ball when it hits :D hahahha
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A close friend of mine and I have been talking about this exact thing the past few days. Although we as a species have a chance of creating a dystopian future, I think we have an equal if not greater chance of making a utopian future. At the end of the day it just depends what beast you feed. I've learned that we get what we give and I think we're waking up to realize we want to be better and so are making the effort at social change. With the new technological advances like quantum computers and AI, I think we have a great possibility of being happier and more prosperous as we evolve. Great post though. Glad to see I'm not the only one with this stuff on my mind.
We human tends to take things for granted. If one day, nature and the surrounding totally decayed, the realisation of our errors will be too late to turn back time. Being reflective in our actions in all areas will add value to the society as each of us play a role. After following your photographs for some time, I come to know that you are not just taking photographs but you are getting your followers to reflect on different aspects of society as well as life itself. Thanks for all your reflective photographs to raise great ponders and reflections of our personal life and society.
Here is my understanding to this Art @velimir
Due to hazardous activities of human beings including huge usage of chlorofluorocarbons and nitrogenous gases the depletion of ozone layer occurred. Cosmic rays killed the greenery of Earth and look at those barren trees that are leaves-less how painful and horrible outcomes advancement of technology gave us.
Look at the grey sky which is also feeling sad on the horrible condition of the human land THE EARTH, yes Humans are responsible for all this.
Lets' go back to the days of childhood with less technological advancement, lets spend time together, lets work together, lets live in Peace again.
P.S: Thanks a lot Veli you brought something very close to my heart this time, Love your art <3
Stay Blessed, Steem On!
See, the thing is, us humans, are able to adapt to most situations. We have gotten to the point we're at after hundreds of years of adapting, and probably if we got things taken away from ourselves over the course of few years it would be no big struggle. If they take away all from us though, over the course of few days, it would probably be catastrophic for most human beings, although as you said, we're intelligent enoughto not let this happen.
lets wait and see. maybe love and reason beat ego and stupidity... ;) i so hope so!
I'm looking forward to the grand reset! Can't wait to get rid of all those bills.
Did you paint the picture or is it an edited photograph? Either way, I like the dystopian vibes, very eerie.
The Road is also a really great book by Cormac Mccarthy. It sucked me in and I read it in 2 nights.