blogging and the internet; universal human experience & consciousness

I found this letter from Robert Genn from September 19, 2006 entitled 'The age of sharing' and am posting it.

R. Genn sends twice weekly letters,usually art
& often specifically painting related.

his website is www.painterskeys.com

(ps I like what Jim had to say about blogging;
he suggested that maybe it was another small step
in the evolutionary journey of mankind,
going towards where everyone just knows what everyone
else is thinking, talking is not really necessary. : )
- sometimes I feel we are closer than most people imagine.)

Dear Robin,

Yesterday Laura Wambsgans of Santa Clarita, California wrote: 

"Last week I joined the artful soldiers painting 'A Painting a 

Day,' blogging each new work by the stroke of midnight. I'm 

learning more than I had imagined. The pressure is tremendous. 

All the while I'm wondering, is the Internet the new 'Wild, 

Wild West,' with rampant lawlessness and a new century gold 

rush? Or is it a speck on the sleeve of history? Then my mind 

drifts to you and what your thoughts might be?"

Thanks, Laura. You're a pioneer in one of history's great 

events. We now have the potential to connect our images, sounds 

and written words to every being on planet earth. This 

democratization cuts across all traditional lines--nation, 

religion, race, language and gender. Theoretically, it gives 

equal opportunity to all. For those who have a passion, wish a 

broader education, want to be part of something greater, or 

merely need to proclaim their presence, the Internet is here to 

stay.

The Internet is the New Frontier of friendship and brotherhood. 

It's an instrument of understanding that holds out the promise 

of a more peaceful world. Its galloping neurons will eventually 

penetrate every hut, tent, igloo, bungalow, saloon and bunker. 

Like the Wild West, its early lawlessness will be brought to 

order and tamed. Machine translations will let everyone know 

what's happening. As guardians of the new order we must try to 

keep the hucksters at bay and the bad guys out. We also need to 

neutralize those big players who would manage the menu.

Apart from the nascent commercial bonanza, creative people are 

suddenly swapping photos, paintings, poems, pedagogy and 

paradigms. A new blog floats into the blogosphere every second, 

a new idea every nanosecond. Without even getting into your 

flivver, you can now see what others in the Great Electronic 

Art Club have done in the last half hour. A tune composed in 

Perth, Australia, is immediately whistled, hummed and committed 

to an orchestra in London, England. Today, the lone artist 

rides with a hundred thousand others. The message of the medium 

is that the competition is tough and getting tougher. And 

quality finds friends. And different folks from different lands 

are not so different after all. Our Global Village is learning 

to share.

Best regards,

Robert

PS: "The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens." 

(Baha'u'llah)

Esoterica: As the Internet celebrates sharing, we are now in 

the process of reprogramming ourselves to a universal human 

experience. At the same time, the idealists among us still feel 

that diversity will prevail. In the words of Dr. Michael 

Beckwith of the International Spiritual Center: "We are on the 

planet to wrap our consciousness around the divine treasure 

within each of us." This implies individual empowerment, 

responsibility, and the need to be the best we can. "There are 

no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew." (Marshall 

McLuhan)