User:Greenexec/The Children of Zol

The Children of Zol is a short story by self proclaimed artist and dreamer, Dubby Riley. Riley wishes to encourage a new art genre, known as Social Media Artist Revolution, and along with some of his other projects such as video vignettes created for YouTube and experimental poetry blogs, The Children of Zol is another experiment, designed for the medium.

The story is based on a religious archetype named Zol, a mythical being, worshipped by followers known as Zolists. Integrating humor and radical symbolism, Riley is exploring his own emotions related to myth and tradition.

The experiment is somewhat different than classical creative writing, in that it is offered as an escape for an audience which exists in hyperspace and mostly not at all, as viewership is non-existent, for all intents and purposes. (Authors depiction of Zol)

Aspects of the symbolism are based on these general hypotheses:

1. Humans create real archetypes with myths and attitudes, which actually materialize. 2. Mind is the only seat of consciousness, and even human awareness is facilitated by mind. 3. When thoughts and feelings occur, they become real. 4. In the same way that Buddhist and Taoist and Hindu philosophy explain the physical world and attitudes as illusory, all religious myth and tradition is no exception, regardless of the power of the spiritual significance.

The other aspects of the symbolism of the Children of Zol is the sort of dependence and addictive behavior humans are showing toward the use of their electonic devices, including internet surfing and social media interaction.With what is intended to be a humorous approach to the subject, since the writer himself confesses his addiction, the subjects and the culture imbedded in the fantasy have euphoric experiences with their devices.

These include LapZols (the evolved laptop), IGods, various Wii devices such as the Wii Ching, Tai Wii and Wii Kung exercise module, JetPhones and a practice known as TantraTexting, which conjures images of a type of sexual activity related to digital text messages.

Other elements of the story are images of a world threatened by environmental catastrophe. Paper is outlawed and the only remaining forest is the Amazon. Information is now controlled by a global conglomerate, known as POP (Power of the People) which is atually a cover name for a multinational corporation that owns all energy and information networks. POP also controls the data which is transmitted directly to the evolved Kindle, which is now physically transplanted to human brains. Both consciously and subconsciously all data is downloaded to all humans with the inplant, which is about 10 percent of the global population. This data is managed both subconsciously and consciously, and the images can be seen on an internal "occipital monitor."

The story revolves around the disappearance of a heroine named Beckeya (Keya for short) due to her stumbling on to a scene in a local coffee shop. The scene was a group of people who were meeting "out of network" and took place in another dimension, not normally accessed by humans on the "Earthly" plane.

A mysterious type of law enforcement organization referred to as the Polish Police or Polish Gestapo is also central to the theme.

As further chapters are added, more can be disclosed, but at this time, the author hopes you'll be able to be surprised by forthcoming twists and turns.