CANADA: GLORIOUS TO BE

THE UNDERSTANDING

WRITTEN BY JIM KOGELHEIDE

SEPTEMBER, 1998

LONDON, ONTARIO

CANADA: GLORIOUS TO BE WILL BE A THREE-SECOND "ANIMATION FILM" DESIGNED TO INSPIRE ALL PEOPLE TO BEGIN TO PURSUE PEACEFUL VISIONS FOR OUR UNITED FUTURE. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, MY WIFE JOANNE AND I WILL BE LIVING IN SELECTED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT CANADA, TO REALIZE THE RENDERINGS THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS FILM. ONE RENDERING WILL BE CREATED WITHIN EACH POLITICAL DIVISION OF CANADA. THERE ARE THIRTEEN SUCH DIVISIONS WITHIN CANADA, SO A TOTAL OF THIRTEEN RENDERINGS WILL BE CREATED. EACH RENDERING WILL BE A FRAME USED TO PRODUCE THIS ANIMATION FILM WHICH IS AN EXPRESSION OF HOPE, AS ALL PEOPLE BEGIN TO UNITE AND SHARE THE TASK OF CREATING A FUTURE EMBODYING THE VISION OF PEACEFUL PROSPERITY FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN.

THE IMAGES WITHIN EACH RENDERING WERE DESIGNED TO CONVEY THE ESSENCE OF THE LANDS AND PEOPLES OF CANADA. THE STYLIZED LANDSCAPE REFLECTS THE NATURE OF OUR NATIVE LAND WITH ITS DEPICTIONS OF CANADA'S MOUNTAINS, PRAIRIES AND WATERCOURSES. THE CENTRAL TOTEM IMAGE EMBRACES THE SPIRIT OF INDIGENOUS INTELLIGENCE WHICH HAS INHABITED THESE LANDS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THE SILHOUETTE OF CHILDREN HOLDING HANDS AND CELEBRATING IN A RING OF DANCE BENEATH THE SUN EXPRESSES THE JOYFUL HOPE WE ALL DESIRE FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.

IN THIS YEAR OF 1998 A.D., OUR CIVILIZATION EXHIBITS MANY SEEMINGLY UNRELATED PROBLEMS THAT ARE THREATENING THE PROSPECTS FOR OUR GLORIOUS FUTURE. SOME OF THESE - INCLUDING OUR RELENTLESS ASSAULT ON NATURE WITH OUR GARBAGE, SEWAGE, TOXIC POLLUTION AND POPULATION - ARE FOUND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND HOMES. OTHERS ARE MORE PERSONAL; PARANOIAS FEEDING OUR CONTINUOUS ASSAULTS ON OURSELVES WITH RACISM AND RELIGION, SEXUALITIES AND SPIRITUALITY. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS COMBINED WITH OTHER ONGOING TRAVESTIES SUCH AS SPECIES EXTINCTION, DESERT CULTIVATION AND CULTURAL OPPRESSION FOR ECONOMIC GAIN, TEND TO LEAD OUR IMAGINATIONS INTO REALMS OF HOPELESSNESS AND DESPAIR.

CANADA: GLORIOUS TO BE IS A HEARTFELT VISION OF HOPE FOR UNDERSTANDING OUR NEEDS, AS INDIVIDUALS, TO EXPLORE BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF MASS-PERCEPTIONS AND PIONEER LOVE FOR LIFE SO THAT ALL MAY PROSPER.