Images to create our future—year 2042

“The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.“

Request for help with closing credits images for my tv show proof of concept, _A Kid with Ten Parents_ (a dramedy about many elements serving a single function, and also serving multiple functions, in a family in the chaotic years 2025 to 2042):

— headlines (with filler text articles) from the years 2042 or 2050 if you like, and beyond, in a timeline where although we have endured fallout of the poor choices that we’ve baked in to our ecological situation, we have nonetheless risen to the occasion beyond our wildest dreams and truly demonstrated *incredible resilience and heart of the indomitable human spirit*
(format: jpg. To do this headline to: you will need to have two devices, let’s say a computer and a smartphone, and write your article and format it to look like something on, say, Substack or The New York Times online or the Wall Street Journal online, whatever online journal format you feel to use and believe would exist in 2042. Then you take a picture of that device displaying the article with your other device, and send me that picture. In other words, instead of a picture of a paper journal, you’re taking a picture of an electronic article. We can crop out most of the background, but if you were able to do that yourself, it will be a great help.  Example attached)

(You can even just post an “article” as a reply to this thread here on permies, who knows, maybe Permies will somehow be the big media distribution channel of the future? Just be clear to date it in the future so that someone does not confuse it for journalism.)

I have plenty of ideas for headlines that I would like to see, but I’ll give folks a chance to imagine first.

— images of the life you’re wanting humanity to create: your garden? people behaving sustainably? People coming together more? People having a romantic relationship with nature? People taking care of the planet for the next generation? People inspiring others? Wildlife, the staggering beauty of our mind-boggling biodiverse planet? Or just a beautiful scene of nature where you live?

— images of destruction, of the consequences of poor choices, or of the old paradigm, collapsing. Hospicing of the old systems. (any pothole will do.)


Please, please please do not use AI. It will complicate everything far more than you might think.

because of my physical limitations—and I am currently already in pain, so I really shouldn’t be working on this myself – the closer you can get it to a JPEG that doesn’t need any additional formatting, the better.

There is space in the credits for 56 images — 28 positive Visions for the future, and 28 warnings/consequences of poor choices


Thank you!!

The image didn’t come through…