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Occupy Maui

January 30, 2012 by Ian MacKenzie
This week, during my “time off”, I couldn’t resist joining the crew of Occupy Maui as they launched a week of direct-action against Monsanto. I love visiting various occupations around the world – it’s like discovering extended family you never knew you had. Friday’s event culminated in a musical performance by the folk musician Human [...]

We Come From The Future

January 21, 2012 by Ian MacKenzie
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung APOCALYPTICISM is an actual word. According to Wikipedia, it is “the religious belief that there will be an apocalypse, a term which originally referred to a revelation of God’s will, but now usually refers to belief [...]

2011 – My Year in Visuals

January 3, 2012 by Ian MacKenzie
“THE DEED creates the doer almost as an afterthought.” I’ve been pondering this Nietzsche quote the last few days, as the clock ticked over to the year of the Apocalypse. It makes me think of how I will choose to represent the year of 2011, crystalized from thousands of photos, millions of moments, and in [...]

Charles Eisenstein, author of ‘Sacred Economics’, coming to Vancouver

December 29, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
I’VE BEEN following author Charles Eisenstein since last year, when I came across his epic work “The Ascent of Humanity.” The book was an incredible synthesis of many thoughts I’d had on the state of the world, and ultimately, the crises of consciousness. So it was with excitement that I looked forward to his new [...]

Behind the lens at Occupy Vancouver

December 28, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
EARLY ON, I noticed another photographer wandering the tent city of Occupy Vancouver. He seemed like a pretty cool guy… and eventually, when we finally met, I was right. Jonathan Dy is a Vancouver based artist and photographer, inexorably pulled to document the Occupy movement, much like myself. In this piece, I ask Jon about [...]

Occupy Origins: From Burning Man To Wall St.

December 7, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
THIS YEAR was my third visit to Black Rock City, the temporary city that manifests every summer in Nevada. I rarely take out my camera at the event, having learned from previous experience that it’s almost impossible to capture anything close to the energy and magic that is Burning Man. After meeting author Darrin Drda, [...]

If We Get Occupy Right, We Get Everything Right

November 26, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
WHEN I FIRST heard the call to Occupy Wall St for a few months, I knew this was big. I knew it would be more than just a “protest.” This felt different than the usual march to voice specific grievances. It was a call for something more profound, and much deeper, than even the original [...]

Occupy Vancouver – Moving Day

November 22, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
Yes, Occupy Vancouver is messy. Yes, everyone is not perfect. But they are trying their best. They are asking us to stop ignoring our shadow. Today was moving day, and this is what it looked like: Tell me a part of you doesn’t want to feel this alive.