Culture of Desire

After a week of looking at my collage on desire I am struck by the placement and connection of images. While I was making the collage I was consciously aware that I was putting the Buddha image with love over the face in the middle, already believing the philosophy that it's all about the love, and spirituality grounds and centers us, both illustrated here.

Unconsciously I put the following into an order corresponding to energy levels. In lower energy (bottom area) I pasted material wealth, beauty and a superficial career. As we rise it feeds into other items we seek outside ourselves: a vacation, a day out, a movie, serene scenery. As you go to the top of the collage, the items that vibrate at a higher energy are eating fresh and local ingredients, a serene home and loving partnerships.

The connection of items is also rather telling: material wealth melts into the myth of consumerism (take this vacation, buy this yoga video, watch this movie), with the hope that these purchases will make you feel whole. This connects into the authentic points in our life: its the food we use to sustain ourselves, the environment we create and the relationships we foster. All these ingredients are what we really bring joy into our life.