We're at a point in time in our history of humanity where the systems we use for mass … - Mary Mattingly

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Religion, the dominion of the human mind; Property, the dominion of human needs; and Government, the dominion of human conduct, represent the stronghold of man's enslavement and all the horrors it entails.

Mary Mattingly

We're at a point in time in our history of humanity where the systems we use for mass production have to be reevaluated, and it first struck me that online communities are a way to have local production with a universal reach.

Community, Humanity, Use, Local, Time, Reevaluated

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Ideally I envision a future where people are supporting themselves and each other using the things we already have - perhaps a place where one can fully support oneself with the help of others within smaller, sustainable communities. Being interdependent instead of relying mostly on machines for the things we need.

People, Support, Community, Things, Perhaps

I feel like most of the objects coming through the ports are pretty useless. It sort of speaks to this larger point of how much we're actually taking in versus how much we really need.

Larger, Needs, Objects, Speak, Speaks, Useless

The way that I rationalize making photographs is because you're countering what's offensively mass-produced with something that you just want more people to see.

Offensively, People, Photographs, See, Want, Way

I think photography is a universal language as far as storytelling goes, and I think that's what it's most successful at.

Photography, Successful, Thinking, Universal

If everyone used the Internet to share the things they created themselves, what would that look like? I think it makes objects special again. I guess I'm not really advocating for no objects in the world, but rather the idea of creating within our present means.

Mean, Thinking, Ideas, Things, Used, Everyone