This painting represents the situation of a breakdown in communication, anti-social behaviour, family breakdown, hostility, supremacy and none co-operation in the world today. We the Western Nations have set the standard of the First World, those whose criterion fail to reach this standard are classified as "Second" and "Third" world countries.
Take and analyse the pacific rim, Asian, Japan and Indonesian
economies, they are teetering on the verge of bankruptcy,
which in turn will have a knock-on effect and will reverberate
world-wide. The monetary systems are extremely fragile, once they
freefall there will be "Chaos" a meltdown of world stability.
The human scale of tragedy, deprivation, starvation and death
will be incalculable.
The painting as you can see has three derelict levels of a house/building representing the above scenario, collectively, they represent the whole of mankind.
Running parallel, are exposed beams, one in the shape of a cross, thus giving an underlying flavour of belief, religion, control.
The "Acorn", "Egg", "Bee", "Strawberry", "Winged Fruit", "Spider", the "Broken Pot", the "Man swimming in the Clouds" and the "Thorny Tendril" are all symbolic to the plight of all creatures on our fragile planet.
Planning in chaotic situations is worthless, since all plans assume a background of stability on which to operate. Money however is merely a form of intermediary, the people, goods, processes throughout the world are all unchanged. By giving supremacy to a mere tool, the real values of the planet are obscured. The value of money in itself is zero. If we choose instead to value tangible assets, the world is found to be, again, stable...
Feedback comes in two forms. Negative feedback creates stability, it returns the system to a previous state. Positive feedback creates growth, an exponential change of state. Neither alone is ideal. By combining the forms, as is done in complex systems, we obtain a balance, a useful mix of stability and change, evolutionary potential...