Visual caricatures of the challenge of global governance

Adhering to Gods Plan in a Global Society (Part #9)

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The following images are reproduced from Implication of Toroidal Transformation of the Crown of Thorns: design challenge to enable integrative comprehension of global dynamics (2011). This was an exercise in identifying a set of threads which might be fruitfully woven together into an unusual pattern of significance of relevance to both the challenge of governance and of individuation.

Schematic caricatures indicative of the dominant role of "flatland" mindset in comprehension of the globe
Academic mortar board (as occasionally presented)	Binary strategic games of governance (with a "lifebuoy" for turbulent seas of chaos)

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Schematics indicative of understandings of "ideal" governance
Schematic of ideal temple (combining flat, torus and sphere)	Schematic of optimistic ideal of governance (with ever ready "lifebuoy")

The image on the left below usefully highlights the reality for millions obliged, like Atlas, to bear the weight of their own world -- in this case with characteristic elegance. A torus then provides the cushioning junction whilst walking over a flat surface.

The image on the right below offers a provocative image of the potential challenge of sustainability represented as a dynamic balance -- well-recognized in electromagnetic suspension. The lower torus might indeed represent achieving successful design and operation of a toroidal nuclear fusion reactor as the acclaimed key to the planet's future energy needs (such as ITER). The upper torus might then represent a corresponding form of "cognitive fusion" containing the challenging dynamics of the Knight's move and overcoming the disruptive instabilities of "monkeying" and "blame-games".

The relation between the physical and cognitive tori is discussed separately (Enactivating a Cognitive Fusion Reactor: Imaginal Transformation of Energy Resourcing (ITER-8), 2006). Presented in this way, the image echoes the arguments for the elusive psychosocial paradoxical recognition of living "in between" contrasting understandings -- as many are increasingly obliged to do (Living as an Imaginal Bridge between Worlds: global implications of "betwixt and between" and liminality, 2011).

Symbolic and speculative representations of governance
Traditional method of transportation (of worldly goods by women)	Dynamic suspension within the "cognitive magnetosphere" ***

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