HUMANITY is a gathering of old feuding souls given the opportunity to bury the hatchet

HOMO sapiens are master sculptors with a propensity of creating wicked works

HUMAN nature is Earth opening up to swallow in on itself

WE buy things that we don’t need with money that we don’t have to impress people who do the same exact shit

LOVE is 90 on the highway with the sounds of sirens close behind

KINDNESS is Ego without its fancy tailored suit

SOCIAL intelligence is punching the bastard in your mind, instead of in reality

PROGRESS is making new killing machines that decimate lands leaving crimson blood, scattered limbs, and souls of young avengers

EDUCATION is the eagle locked behind a cage

DEATH is the silent thief that robs one of happiness, love, and warmth

REBIRTH is the phoenix that rises from the ash

AFTERLIFE is a concept developed to keep humans from committing one too many sins

This manifesto is inspired by Mina Loy’s Aphorisms on Modernism.  Like Loy, I took the concept of an idea and expanded on parts I thought were relevant to understanding the whole.  Therefore I broke down humanity into humans, its strengths, and its universal experiences.  I also incorporated images when defining the different “parts” that make up humanity.  When Loy’s poem, I found this strategy very impactful for getting a message across succinctly – similar to a manifesto.  In fact, each definition serves as a mini manifesto.  I tried to employ vivid images to try and get some aspects of a concept across.  For example, “LOVE doing 90 on the highway” means love makes you do questionable borderline dangerous and unexpected things.  It just sounds a whole lot cooler with an image.