In World 160, the overt polarisation of beliefs resulted in a global revamp of how ethics was instilled into individuals. The leaders of the world came to establish an international unified educational syllabus.
Weaving the threads of arts, science and religion – individuals transcended their journey through a Map of the Soul commencing with PERSONA where conformity was instilled. ANIMUS where traditional constructs of identity were challenged. SHADOW where dreams thrived with creative endeavours. Ascending to SELF where individuals harnessed full control of the threads woven in with respect.
Equality ensued as men were free to express their individuality through their actions.
What if …
men were not defined by traditional structures of gender?
Issue:
construct of gender
Inspiration:
Rick Owens, Maven Creative, BTS, NCT, EXO, Stray Kids, ATEEZ and Carl Jung
This World was contributed by Ashley Teo, Toh Su Jun, Liang Baiyi, Wu Chuyue, Jerome Heng and Rahul Rehman (located in Singapore and China) using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence which allows others to share and adapt the work in any medium and for any purpose, providing that they credit the author and share their material using the same Creative Commons licence.
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