This hall of the Gallery is devoted to the topic of Saving the World, inspired by the writings of Daniel Quinn and related writings. If you're looking for an introduction to the minds of people influenced by Quinn's books, this is a good place to start. You'll find bitterness, concern, intelligence, cynicism, humor, and hope.

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Our culture is enacting a set of myths that will lead to its destruction -- so let's replace it with some new myths, myths that will sustain life and guide us into the future. While we're working on our new myths and ways of life, inspirational art and success stories would help us along. Read the story Tribe of Crow, about how people might make a way of life for themselves on the streets; a lovely picture-book-style story; the poem The Art of the Gods, about the way the world seems to work; and the poem Composition, about how we are connected to everything.

You probably see things much differently after reading Quinn's books. It's often hard for us to be around others who don't understand what we do, to listen to the lies of the culture, and to continue with our daily lives. You may have different views on work, school, unschooling, wilderness survival, civilized religion, cults, gangs, homelessness, environmental protection programs, Gypsies, remnants of American Indian culture, and tribal businesses, whether you have a part in these things or not -- and maybe you act on them. Let's tell our stories to each other as friends, commiserate, bounce ideas off each other, and come up with new ones. Read The Nature of Leviathan, a poem/vignette that references Fredy Perlman's book; the Stories of the Bison Band* in their travels beyond civilization; two short poems about the difficulties of everyday life: "The Suburban Animist" and a untitled poem by Kerry Morrison; the personal essay The One Right Way, about rethinking one's personal philosophy; the personal essay Learning to be Extraordinary, about having the inspiration to change the world; Agricola, a fable about dependence and disaster; a delightful Quinnian parable; Hunger, a short poem about population and food; Savior, a short poem about the irony of our society's salvation; A Child of Mother Culture, a personal poem; the Stories of Sheepdom* (originally posted on the Ishmael Community Guestbook); and Geneticist, a satiric twist on a familiar religious story. Other examples of works influenced by Quinn's writing are the songs of Pearl Jam, the movie Instinct, and the band Fire Season, which can be contacted through Jody Suozzo. Some people also feel that the group Rage Against the Machine and the movies Fight Club and The Matrix have a Quinn-related message.

The indigenous peoples of the world have been dying out slowly for a long time, but we can still contact those that survive and remember those that have been recorded. Let's pay attention to them, the people who still know how to live; let's support them in their battles to protect their land, heritage, and lifestyle. Progress is a long, cynical, satirical poem about their role in our history.

We're damaging the world to the point at which we won't be able to live off it anymore. Let's give some fresh thought to ecology, biology, humans' relationships to the world, and the human population's effect on the world. View one big cartoon about Earth Day and another much smaller cartoon about recycling.

And, last, as long as we're together, why not share our gorilla pictures, illustrations for Quinn's books, inside jokes, and so on? Read a funny cartoon inspired by Ishmael's account of menagerie life; read the poem Pupil Seeks Teacher:, inspired by Ishmael; read You might be B if ... (self-explanatory); and see a comic strip called The Nightmares of B.

A Brief Directory

Tribe of Crow, a story by anonymous
Untitled, a story by rob
The Art of the Gods, a poem by anonymous
Composition, a long poem by Cat
the Stories of the Bison Band*, a series by the Bison Band
The Suburban Animist, a short poem by Cat and Untitled, a short poem by Kerry Morrison
The One Right Way, a personal essay by anonymous
Learning to be Extraordinary, a personal essay by Dale Barnard
Agricola, a story by forest
Untitled, a parable by Paul Baker
Hunger, a poem by Garrett Hubing
Savior, a poem by Garrett Hubing
A Child of Mother Culture, a poem by Garrett Hubing
The Stories of Sheepdom*, a series of stories by Dave
Geneticist, a story by Lucifer Fenix Morningstar
Progress, a long poem by anonymous
Untitled, a large cartoon by Cat
Untitled, a cartoon by Cat
Untitled, a cartoon by Moonwatcher
Pupil Seeks Teacher:, a poem by Shannon Jones
You might be B if ..., a joke by Cat
The Nightmares of B, a cartoon by Cat

Titles marked with a bold asterisk (*) include offensive content.