The Development of the World is the Poetics of Ethical Faculties

“Only through poetry will we be able to awaken from frivolous systems. We will be illuminated by authentic artistic intuition that goes beyond what the senses perceive, attempting to interpret its enveloping mystique. So much so that the world is never the same when we graft a good feeling into it, rooted in the poetic mind that we all carry with us.”

The Path of Self-Reflection and Unity

Any path that remains to be traveled is always revealed to us as uncertain and fragile. For this reason, even the smallest moment should always lead us to pause along the way. This space serves to think about continuity or a change of course.

What is clear is that all reflective heartbeats are necessary to become aware that we are nothing by ourselves. In this way, we protect both individual dignity and peaceful coexistence among diverse pulses.

The uniqueness of each human being is there, in all our actions and reactions. These must be taken in freedom, but at the same time with responsible sense. Thus one will act for the benefit not only of its own members, but of all humanity, which must fraternize sooner rather than later.

Against a World Dominated by Materialism

We cannot mark the history of our lineage by contradicting our own natural living and humanitarian sense. By acting this way, we become more inhumane and passive. This happens in part because dominating power corrupts everything.

Selfishness turns life, which should be a perfect poem, into a painful vulgar sorrow. A scenario is created where no one recognizes anyone, except only through money. Revenge and hatred reign in all existential atmospheres, completely dehumanizing us.

Let us reject these irreconcilable airs. Let us embellish ourselves united to rebuild spaces that move our hearts toward verse and word. Let us be accompanied by poetics rather than by mundane politics, driven exclusively by the interest of evil.

Lyricism as Refuge Against the Technological Era

Let us then move away from darkened human error to the good purpose of lyricism. This tool elevates everything by dealing with humble things. Let us be that enlightening and giving pulse, rebuilding bonds of authentic friendship.

Precisely, our obligation lies in living a peaceful life in accordance with radiant inspiration. In this way, those who suffer and are forgotten will be received with compassion, solidarity, and love. Let us never forget that we need each other.

No one can exclude themselves and remain unprotected. This caution is vital in an age when millions of children grow up with artificial intelligence. They develop before rules exist to safeguard them, while it advances faster than the regulations to control it. Let us return to the voice of poetry; thus we will cease to be blind and will not be bloodthirsty.

Recovering the Gaze of Childhood

The development of the world will be an inclusive horizon of hope when human beings preserve their childhood eyes. Like true poets, these eyes serve to delve into the melodic that surrounds us.

Our inner sanctuary must be rebuilt so that it can be poeticized. Thus, the power of technological oligarchs will be reduced by bucolic placidity. We must remember that this power often surpasses that of States themselves.

Only through poetry will we be able to awaken from frivolous systems. We will align ourselves by being illuminated with authentic artistic intuition that goes beyond what the senses perceive, attempting to interpret its enveloping mystique. So much so that the world is never the same when we graft a good feeling into it, rooted in the poetic mind that we all carry with us.

Integral Progress and the Value of Duty

We need change and, to achieve it, an equitable and harmonious participation in goods is necessary. We cannot disappoint the expectations of peoples and continue living in permanent chaos. This environment is already crossed by armed conflicts, extreme inequality, impunity, and growing geopolitical fragmentation.

Citizenship as a whole and the human being as such must be at the center of progress. This advancement should not be reduced to simple economic growth, but must be integral and integrating, as warm as home.

Nor should we surrender, for that would be the last thing. Dignity is the epic of duty. This value, added to the right of fair social protection, brings us peace. Although love may stir us, it must cost us so that it be true.

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Víctor CORCOBA HERRERO/ Writer