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aridoamerica is a region from northern mexico to the southern united states
i live in the southwestern us, but i never really stopped to wonder about my surroundings. i mostly was interested in mountainous regions as i saw them beautiful.
however, i recently stumbled upon a thread describing my region on a xitter thread from a fellow soyteen (aspen), in great detail and reminded me of my own experiences whenever i wasn't preoccupied in other things and focused on my surroundings.
i've come to really grasp the beauty of aridoamerica as i get a feeling from such an environment. a region that has a blend of anglo, spanish, mexican, and native american cultures.
aridoamerica's prime symbol, the radiating sun, comes from the metaphysical properties of standing alone in a massive desert, a land so big and open compared to the people, it's almost oppressive
a sketch based off the radiating sun(s)
as said from a friend of mine who also drew the sketch above, @Blumpfcel (Aspen), "There are actually three radiating suns as can be seen from this image, each contributing to the entire world view of the land. The External, the Internal, and the Relational.
The External sun is the actual sun, which shines down on the land almost as oppressively as the land itself does but which also gives life to it. The sun acts almost as a sole monolith of the area.
The second is the internal sun, or the heart. This could be the same metaphysical property that the Mesoamericans thought when they though the heart is a piece of the sun. This is the internal character of the person.
The third is the Relational sun, it is the body in relation to other objects and people around it. The land is so big and weighs down on the person that they in turn raidate out against the land and other objects. This is why new age spirutuality is de facto worship of the self."
personally, he captured that feeling better than i could've described it.
there are many experiences that occur in aridoamerica, however the most expressive one is that of oppressiveness from the sun and loneliness.
again, i cannot explain in my own terms, so i will let aspen explain.
"I've heard stories of Europeans getting panic attacks when they go to the southwest because of how utterly big the land is."
"Being weighed down by such massive amounts of land and horizon is incomprehensible to the world."
"It also is oppressively lonely, which is how the internal sun shines. Holism rose, not just because of native americans who praticed it, but because It's the best social system to placate such loneliness. The future psyche of aridoamericans is Holistic Individualism."
all in all, aridoamerica has a culture like no other.
i live in the southwestern us, but i never really stopped to wonder about my surroundings. i mostly was interested in mountainous regions as i saw them beautiful.
however, i recently stumbled upon a thread describing my region on a xitter thread from a fellow soyteen (aspen), in great detail and reminded me of my own experiences whenever i wasn't preoccupied in other things and focused on my surroundings.
i've come to really grasp the beauty of aridoamerica as i get a feeling from such an environment. a region that has a blend of anglo, spanish, mexican, and native american cultures.
aridoamerica's prime symbol, the radiating sun, comes from the metaphysical properties of standing alone in a massive desert, a land so big and open compared to the people, it's almost oppressive
a sketch based off the radiating sun(s)
as said from a friend of mine who also drew the sketch above, @Blumpfcel (Aspen), "There are actually three radiating suns as can be seen from this image, each contributing to the entire world view of the land. The External, the Internal, and the Relational.
The External sun is the actual sun, which shines down on the land almost as oppressively as the land itself does but which also gives life to it. The sun acts almost as a sole monolith of the area.
The second is the internal sun, or the heart. This could be the same metaphysical property that the Mesoamericans thought when they though the heart is a piece of the sun. This is the internal character of the person.
The third is the Relational sun, it is the body in relation to other objects and people around it. The land is so big and weighs down on the person that they in turn raidate out against the land and other objects. This is why new age spirutuality is de facto worship of the self."
personally, he captured that feeling better than i could've described it.
there are many experiences that occur in aridoamerica, however the most expressive one is that of oppressiveness from the sun and loneliness.
again, i cannot explain in my own terms, so i will let aspen explain.
"I've heard stories of Europeans getting panic attacks when they go to the southwest because of how utterly big the land is."
"Being weighed down by such massive amounts of land and horizon is incomprehensible to the world."
"It also is oppressively lonely, which is how the internal sun shines. Holism rose, not just because of native americans who praticed it, but because It's the best social system to placate such loneliness. The future psyche of aridoamericans is Holistic Individualism."
all in all, aridoamerica has a culture like no other.
