With this second installment of 2012: fact & fiction, we turn our gaze towards our own perceptions of The End Of The World as a phenomenon. In our complex, rapidly-changing modern world, a fairly large proportion of our collective psyche is oriented towards accepting the concept of total apocalypse.
After all, the fear of nuclear holocaust has hung over the world in varying degrees of intensity for over six decades now. And not to forgoten the political and religious extremism of various stripes has steadily increased along with global poverty levels, while the scientific community has justifiably raised the alarm over Global Warming due to deforestation, overconsumption of resources, and worldwide industrialization. As a consequence, we are frequently drawn to things that feed into our common fears of cataclysm and holds the promise to justify them.
