Have you seen it?
It's the face of a Moai - monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people from rock on the Chilean Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years 1250 and 1500a.
Only, our modern version here in Encinitas was carved into the trunk of a still rooted tree that was cut down by the city government a few years ago.
Are you familiar with the tale of Easter Island (as we call it)?
Polynesian people settled on Easter Island in the first millennium CE, and created a thriving culture, as evidenced by the moai and other artifacts. However, human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation led to gradual deforestation and extinction of natural resources, which caused the demise of the Rapa Nui civilization. By the time of European arrival in 1722, the island's population had dropped to 2,000–3,000 from a high of approximately 15,000 just a century earlier. In recent times the island has served as a warning of the cultural and environmental dangers of exploitation.
Is this 'art' a sign, an omen, of the time to come? Beecuase if we don't learn from the mistakes of our past, if we don't listen to the whispers of this now.... and, I have to bee openly honest about how much it hurts to live in a spiritual mecca town and to bee surrounded by peers who still erroneously beelieve that the new consciousness that our planet is calling for - and demands - is about money and inauthentic power (i.e. fame, material wealth & success, etc.)
Rather, the way forward is about CONNECTION, INTIMACY, and SENSUALITY. It's about your experiencing an ABUNDANCE of this in your LIFE, with yourself, others and Planet Earth. It's about EMBODYING this TRUE PROSPERITY. The beeautiful thing about this park, and this sculpture, is that every Sunday, from 2pm till dusk, you will find an intergenerational and diverse community of people gathered.
Families, parents, friends, strangers and peers sitting together, breaking bread, dancing across a slackline or with hula hoops, practicing Falun Gong, and more. And, you are always welcome to either JOIN US or to embody the solution in your town, with your neighbors. The SOLUTION IS SIMPLE- back to Earth basics. No thinking needed.
