THE GHOST FROM VEGA
Kat Larson
December 2016
I want to tell you a story about a being who came from Vega, a faraway planet in the Andromeda Galaxy. On Vega, people are genderfluid and the literal embodiment of emotion, comprised of love and compassion. They’re shape-shifters, truly alien to the limitations of human physics, and communicate telepathically. Despite these differences, Vegans and Humans do have one thing in common: the desire to dance.
Once long ago, the being was dancing in pure delight (think early Madonna, or Prince, or just any good tune that makes you want to go wild and dance). They were so steeped in ecstasy they danced right off the planet, floating out of Vega’s atmosphere into space. The being wasn’t frightened because they knew their family could detect them and they trusted they would be found. So they floated in joy and curiosity through the large expanse of outer space, and eventually into the Milky Way where they were pulled towards Earth by its gravitational field. Drawn through the atmosphere towards land, the being crashed. After a moment of adjusting to our gravity, they took a human shape to more comfortably explore our people and places.
The being was incredibly intrigued! They witnessed such great potential in humans, that the power of choice all to often created a divergent road for such powers to be misguided. This saddened the being because very often humans couldn’t get out of their own way to recognize the multitude of creative solutions to their problems.
The longer the being stayed, the weaker they became. Unable to charge themselves, there wasn’t enough empathy or emotional connectivity on earth for the being to renew their power. Because of this, they slowly faded away, losing their capability to shapeshift and retain their form. Eventually, the being’s form completely faded, and they began the long wait for humans to grow in their capacity for emotional depth and meaningful connection to each other.
The Ghost from Vega roams our planet still, waiting for humans to grow and expand in their love and compassion. The Ghost prays daily for this, so humans may benefit from it, and so they can recharge and become strong enough for their family to read their signal and return home.
Please, let’s help send the Ghost home.
The Ghost is a symbol for our individual potential to recognize empathetic connectivity as tools for change, organizing, and militant positivity. When we awaken ourselves to this range of human emotion, we can see it is the practice of love and compassion that can unite individuals, and excite change. I have observed that people often believe love should be tightly rationed. We only distribute emotion to those whom we deem fit for passing our internal gate to the heart, and in this way love can divide people. Many people will pick up a knife and see a weapon, while others see a tool to slice bread and share with others. So the heart is interesting in this twofold way: we can use it to close ourselves up from the wider world, or we can use this same heart to produce love that is a tool for the good fight against oppression, uniting ourselves in the darkness.
Some of the images included in The Ghost from Vega were taken at the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock. Big love to No Touching Ground, Josh Stringfellow, Ursula Rose Brown, and the Water Protectors for helping me complete this show.
Once long ago, the being was dancing in pure delight (think early Madonna, or Prince, or just any good tune that makes you want to go wild and dance). They were so steeped in ecstasy they danced right off the planet, floating out of Vega’s atmosphere into space. The being wasn’t frightened because they knew their family could detect them and they trusted they would be found. So they floated in joy and curiosity through the large expanse of outer space, and eventually into the Milky Way where they were pulled towards Earth by its gravitational field. Drawn through the atmosphere towards land, the being crashed. After a moment of adjusting to our gravity, they took a human shape to more comfortably explore our people and places.
The being was incredibly intrigued! They witnessed such great potential in humans, that the power of choice all to often created a divergent road for such powers to be misguided. This saddened the being because very often humans couldn’t get out of their own way to recognize the multitude of creative solutions to their problems.
The longer the being stayed, the weaker they became. Unable to charge themselves, there wasn’t enough empathy or emotional connectivity on earth for the being to renew their power. Because of this, they slowly faded away, losing their capability to shapeshift and retain their form. Eventually, the being’s form completely faded, and they began the long wait for humans to grow in their capacity for emotional depth and meaningful connection to each other.
The Ghost from Vega roams our planet still, waiting for humans to grow and expand in their love and compassion. The Ghost prays daily for this, so humans may benefit from it, and so they can recharge and become strong enough for their family to read their signal and return home.
Please, let’s help send the Ghost home.
The Ghost is a symbol for our individual potential to recognize empathetic connectivity as tools for change, organizing, and militant positivity. When we awaken ourselves to this range of human emotion, we can see it is the practice of love and compassion that can unite individuals, and excite change. I have observed that people often believe love should be tightly rationed. We only distribute emotion to those whom we deem fit for passing our internal gate to the heart, and in this way love can divide people. Many people will pick up a knife and see a weapon, while others see a tool to slice bread and share with others. So the heart is interesting in this twofold way: we can use it to close ourselves up from the wider world, or we can use this same heart to produce love that is a tool for the good fight against oppression, uniting ourselves in the darkness.
Some of the images included in The Ghost from Vega were taken at the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock. Big love to No Touching Ground, Josh Stringfellow, Ursula Rose Brown, and the Water Protectors for helping me complete this show.
