THE PRIMORDIAL GAME OF LIFE

The primordial Game of Life !!!

Magical Realism in Social Systems.

By Andrew Hennessey.

Abstract:

This is a model of social democracy presented in terms of a colour analogy. Colour and diversity and difference of colour are used to model diverse social debate. Such introduction of colourful and different ideas can be shown to be an engine for change and growth.

Further, certain archetypal aspects of masculine and feminine psychology are also associated with the colour spectrum and used in the social model.

Introduction. The ‘Social Picture’

The things we see in nature are an analogy for the structure and behaviour of many things in the world of mankind. Indeed all of mankind’s organised structures, whether artefact, social or otherwise have direct analogies to the world of the organic. The basic living organism such as a plant cell for instance has three zones,  a nucleus or ‘governing elite’, organs that manufacture and process its directives and a third zone of basic assets at its boundary from which the ingredients of life can be attained.

The functions of a plant cell therefore have an analogy in human society – this idea is called a ‘general systems theory’.

Other organic analogies maintain the same three zones e.g. the function of the body or  ‘body politic’ – the head that governs – the organs that process and sustain via the veins and arteries of vascular infrastructure, and the appendages that implement and manipulate evolutionary tools and assets/resources.

Using the basic three zoned cell model it is possible to model and create changes, and manipulate and predict the outcome of political intervention in the body politic.

Two Mandalas are presented as examples of a picture of society geographically spread out in its three zones.

With the introduction of new and differing and original political colours that contradict  the normal social colour scheme of the social-cell we can model changes in the whole of our social picture.

The graphic arts software filter ‘difference clouds’ models natural cycling and dispersion in our ‘social picture’ and is an analogy to the natural process that runs through all things.

Natural chaos is within and drives all structure; from veins to tree branches, to seaweed, to fibonacci spirals in plant cell growth to conch shells to the inner ear, to rust and entropy and molecular movement to the order of the planets and seas – the harmony of the spheres is directly underwritten by natural chaos.

[Thanks to Dr Sprott for his Fractal Pictures above]

Masculine and feminine psychological strategies will be evaluated using the introduction of colours e.g. darker or same colours to typify  masculine control and regulation and brighter, lighter, different colours,  to typify feminine-style intercession with its differences, creativity and individuality.

The results show that masculine strategies which regulate and control the colour input, that introduce more of the same colours, produce a degradation and darkening of the social equilibrium.  The feminine colour strategy that introduces and facilitates unique differences, [e.g. by tolerance and love] drives the energy in the social equilibrium up to form an enlightened multicoloured diversity.

‘The way of colour’ therefore, produces and harvests the fruits of social and cultural creativity.

METHOD

1. Choose a Mandala/cell diagram with which to model the geographical ‘body politic’.

A cellular looking graphic with an identifiable core, surrounded by organs and bounded by an enclosing frame is chosen.

The specific detail within the graphic is arbitrary as long as it can be seen to represent the three zones. With what lines and assembly it does so is not crucial to the functioning and performance of this model.

2. A Graphic Arts software called Photoshop Elements 4.0 has a filter called ‘Difference Clouds’ which will be the main driving engine of this chromatic model. This will simulate the forces of nature within and around human structures and life. [natural cycles and dispersion]

New colours will be added to the ‘social picture’ and then the filter will be run after these additions to simulate what would naturally happen to the colours of society in time..

If the added colours are dark or same – the overall colour of the social picture will darken. If the colours added are bright and contrasting and not in the original picture or colour scheme, then the overall colours in the ‘social picture’ will be pushed further up the colour spectrum.

i.e. from red to green and from green to blue.

3. Take the original social picture/Mandala of  dull or red blended colours representing stable or entrenched society and run the filter ‘difference clouds’ on it.

This exposes the social model to an analogy of the natural process and nature as it impacts manmade systems. This creates a primary picture. A natural state picture to work with.

4. Introduce a ‘debate’ by colour contradiction and the picture moves its colour spectrum up the frequencies. This creates a secondary  picture.

5. At time 3, then introduce either a masculine or feminine

colour/debate strategy.

RESULTS.

1. the masculine same-colour application controls and maintains a darker lower frequency condition tending to revert to the primary state. Cultural creativity is degraded in the long term.

2. The feminine, loving and facilitative different colour strategy drives the social equilibrium further up the frequencies creating an enlightened state of multicoloured diversity.

3. Further ‘feminine’ loading and discourse causes the social equilibrium to temporarily degrade back to a secondary green state. However continued colourful debate cycles and returns the social equilibrium  back to a blue colour state at the far end of the rainbow. Society, in time, is driven and cycled between green [mid-spectrum] and blue thereafter, but never back to red. It is the male strategy that takes us all the way back to red.

4. Cultural creativity is maintained in the long term by the facilitation of unique differences.

CONCLUSION.

The strategy of persistent innovation, introduction of new context and contradiction and debate drives the social equilibrium up. Multicoloured diversity produces healthy democracy and if that is a feminine trait then it’s good to be feminine.

It can be seen that by employing the feminine strategy, cyclically and periodically the social equilibrium is driven to revert to a temporary basic state. Never as basic a state as that to which the male strategy can take us though. With persistent endeavour, originality and healthy multicoloured input, however, the garden of social democracy is seen to flourish and bloom again and again.

Of the masculine strategy with his input of regulation, and maintenance (and sameness) – what appears to be a powerful  will to succeed  can be seen to darken and drive down the debate.

In conclusion therefore, persistent and innovative feminine debate and original input is essential for a healthy society.

THE MODEL.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iCt3NKun2Eg