Noo 2C Webisode: Season 4 Episode 1

James Joyce's famous novel, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, provides us with the prima materia for a noo-culture morph to our current episode of Second Creation magazine: Portrait of the Artist as Self: Fashion, Form and Expression. Perhaps one of history's best portraits of the Self as Art, is the great Russian visionary artist Nicholas Roerich (pictured), whose life work spans over 7,000 paintings and set designs, archeological findings that contribute to the understanding of the origins of man, and humanitarian undertakings that saw him receive nominations for a nobel peace prize. Like many great thinkers, Roerich believed that truth, beauty and love were humanity's foremost aspirations, expressing as such when he said:

The gates of the 'sacred source' must be opened wide for everybody and the light of art will ignite numerous hearts with a new love.

Roerich was also a follower of Agni Yoga, which prescribes active participation in life as the highest occupation of the self and humanity collectively. He was a teacher, administrator, adventurer, archeologist, writer, designer, and poet. His accomplishments have left the world a celebrated and enduring legacy, including the Roerich Peace Pact, symbolized by the universal banner of peace (pictured).

In this episode of 2C we'll be exploring some of the colorful and cultural selves who are waving the flag of Art high and providing inspiration for us all.  We're working with the idea that fashions, trends and art-forms are memes that carry larger truths about humans and the world we live in, as we explore skin art, fashion, gardening, dance, yoga, Nicholas Roerich and more. If you'd like to submit something on the theme please contact us. Stay tuned for the articles as we post them straight onto the magazine page of MHM, and stay tuned also for the soon to be released 'Home is where the Hearth is'.