Prosperity
cause: CULTURAL ENRICHMENT
now benefiting: Up with People, WorldSmart™ Leadership Program

Originally, this was to be merely a portrait of an albino and a black sheep, however the main figure evolved into an Egyptian-like statue. This work honors the fostering of culture within society, essential for civilization. Here, a naked goose-headed woman offers her breast to a dozing well-fed infant, while supporting an urn atop her head. This infant represents culture, content from society's vitally nourishing mother's milk, a balanced diet of the four essential aspects of social life: domestic, economic, political, and religious (see Initiation by Quotation). Intentionally positioned at mother's left breast, culture receives further nourishment from the steady rhythm of society's nurturing heart. The three-dimensional nipple of society's right breast generously offers sustenance for the undernourished viewer. Society is unshaven in order that her distinctive scent may concentrate in areas naturally designed to encourage instinctive familiarity.

Symbolically, the water-filled urn suggests that society's need for renewal is its fate. A goose-headed society is associated with devoted watchfulness, and its direct eye contact with the viewer suggests society's need for a keen vision. The vision of society is limited by the supervision of culture. Culture is not led by the conventional norm, for it is the super visions envisioned by black sheep that highlight the history of civilization (see A New Age - Creating a Virtuous Reality). Here, society is accompanied by an attentive black sheep representing the visionary activist responsible for culture's advancement. The figures are encompassed by a yellow and red mandorla representing the lifeblood emanating from the dignity of this enlightened relationship, affirming that true prosperity casts no shadow for posterity.

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