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Volutionism

Volutionism is the recognition of the cyclic nature of things, the repetitive patterns of existence and the propensity for things to repeat themselves in ever more complex iterations. Whether based on a hitherto unknown point of origin, or tethered to a more familiar past, repetition seems to be the order of the universe. Orbits, Seasons, Processions, Vibrations and much more are all cyclic Rhythms, often seemingly playing to the hidden drum of an allusive protégé.

Quote: "The artist in the void clings to a routine as if battling for recognition of self within patterns of return, constantly revisiting what has been. As one travelling forth and returning from whence one came, there seems a need to embark once more for fear of losing one's self to forgetfulness or to suffering the boredom of a singular familiarity. For a memory revisited is a memory retained, yet also, once forgotten, what has been is new again." Lmwambazi

Qoute: "As a being, is one the object in revolution or the point to which it is anchored? What if one cannot see one's self? Like an astronomer searching for the centre of a galaxy by watching the stars in orbit, do we find ourselves by searching the things that constantly revolve around us, how we constantly revolve around things, or how everything constantly revolves around each other? Are we on a Volutionist's path, knowing ourselves only through repetition? And what guise would this quest take, spread across a finite piece of canvas? This we do not know, but with this thought quietly churning in the far recesses of our beings, the canvas seems to paint itself." LMwambazi

Volutionism, in the context of human idealism, proposes the union of all human opinion into a spinning wheel of change. All human opinion revolves around central subjects of interest e.g. when one looks at religious belief in God, the general consensus is that there is a singular source of all things. This is recognised as a single deity or a group of creator gods, responsible for everything coming to be. This is the central notion around which most religious conviction revolves. How this notion interprets around the globe is governed by social, societal, cultural and historical traditions and norms. The differences are thus due to geographical separation, development in isolation and historical continuity and identity. The issue arises when such ideologies are assumed to be ecumenical and must be applied globally as an imperative. This is a prelude to conflict, a war for ideological supremacy. My God is greater than yours, my path is true and yours is errant.

Volutionism proposes that all pathways are true yet all are errant. For the further you move from the centre, the wider the arc and the more divergent the views. The things that draw us closer to the centre, and thus closer to the truth, are the things that appear identical from any point of observation i.e. the things we all agree upon from every point of view. These things draw us closer together and closer to the centre of the circle, where the truth lies.