Wednesday, October 3, 2007

wednesday's word: utopia

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pierre et gilles, la tentation d’adam, 1996


yoo toh pi uh

perfect society, a place of ideal beauty, harmony, justice, + pleasure

place where all the citizens are godlike, intelligent, strong, + wise; where excellence is rewarded + frequently attained; where pleasures come free of conditions, remorse, or exhaustion; where all labor is pleasurable + purposeful; where pain, debt, loneliness, fear, + boredom are forever banished

greek ‘ou’ = ‘not’ + ‘topos’ = ‘place,’ i.e. ‘nowhere,’ coined by thomas more 1551


“imagine there’s no heaven
it’s easy if you try
no hell below us
above us only sky
imagine all the people
living for today

“imagine there’s no countries
it isn’t hard to do
nothing to kill or die for
+ no religion too
imagine all the people
living life in peace

“you may say i'm a dreamer
but i'm not the only one
i hope someday you’ll join us
+ the world will be as one

“imagine no possessions
i wonder if you can
no need for greed or hunger
a brotherhood of man
imagine all the people
sharing all the world

“you may say i'm a dreamer
but i'm not the only one
i hope someday you’ll join us
+ the world will be as one”

--john lennon, imagine, 1971

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