the first invitation via letter to seasonsDAO members, genesis of the vision // fall 2021 // *for archive purposes*

In modern life, there is a moment when we realize that our time is not time at all. Only a layer of direction over us all, leading us in circles that begin and end with of someones design. Often this realization happens in pockets of "free time" where obligation is suspended just enough for some divine idea within us to inexplicably move- like a plant reaching for the sun. The elaboration of this divine idea requires a certain set of conditions, it moves to a different time. This time is subject to different rhythm and limits, primarily our own, but not only. This time is known in nature and in art intuitively by seasons. These seasons are only known by discovery, observation, call and response, and above all our own commitment. Discovering the cadence of these seasons in us and in nature is to discover the divine idea of ourselves. Our time and commitment must be free from the striving of direction and full of the sensitivity of dimension, our hearts committed.

The discovery of these seasons and the assertion of this time is what separates the artist from all. To be fair, valuable duty is often done in service of society, and expression wills its way through. But there are those who cannot live outside of seasonal cadence, or live unless they are creating to their fullest extent. There are those whose divine idea lies dormant. There are those who need to move between these seasons and society's systems, and there are those who love them both. But there is not one, who has not tasted their own art within a moment of this time and not experienced its fullness , their living signature like a breeze in the world. In that moment, time yields to the author as soil to the plant, and our bodies find true integrity in this world. The integration of our bodies with natural seasons in shared practice is the vector of health, creativity and discovery- it's the vector we have long outsourced to specialists and intend on reclaiming.

“To be creative is only to have health: to keep oneself fully alive in the Creation, to keep the Creation fully alive in oneself, to see the Creation anew, to welcome one’s part in it anew.”

Berry, Wendell. What Are People For? (p. 9). Catapult. Kindle Edition.

This vector is defined by individual affection and sensitivity in place, which comes through experiential knowledge and in seasons. The blueprint is experiential knowledge. Experiences which are a living exercise of information gathering and transformation, communication channels between our us and a place- a reflexive feedback loop. Education is play.

Seasons is our statement that lifestyle is the art before art, and the securing of a lifestyle of dimensional time and discovery of seasons is a need for everyone, to varying degrees. It's also thoroughly enjoyable to do together. It is our statement that the future of art , expression, and society , the "uncreated conscience" of our generation is found in the practice of seasonal lifestyle. This is the foundation of our platform, we are laying hold of the future forms of our society by securing the means necessary for art to find continuity. We know that art is diverse in form and experience, it is the trail found, the design built, the boat sailed, the word written, it is the child taught, the elegance of dress, the system engineered, and the chef's kitchen.

We don't propose going back in time, only to harness the tools of the future and work for vitality in our places. We are those who must live in a rhythm of dimensional time, and in discovery of seasons. We are those who believe that lifestyle is the art that comes before art. We are those who cannot stand for this lifestyle as privilege to the few over the many. We stand that it is our divine right to know the rhythm of seasons in whatever our art may be. In doing so to afford ourselves discovery of ourselves not by any definition, but in the true belonging of context, advancing on chaos with broad sensitivity and high ideals.

We are building this community together with you. We provide value through imagination and experiential knowledge, basing ourselves as the vector of information systems , a new/old paradigm of communal bioknowledge is born. Knowledge has never left the terrestrial soil, so we return to it with new tools. Our rhythm is creating and resting. Our infrastructure is country houses, jungle cabanas, catamarans, and warehouses. our products are seasonal experiences, and their media. Our culture is diverse, resilient, flexible, purposeful, caring and abundant. Our roles are varied- explorers, artisans, builders , technologists, socialites, all artists in their own right.

I hope you will join us on this journey, it will be a hell of a time.

Sincerely,

VA