Why
Istari Report? Because you seek a signal in the noise, a pattern to the randomness
of events. Because you don’t believe in easy answers, or that truth is how loud
a person shouts their opinion.
Why
Istari Report? Because you knew information would be the currency of the 21st
century in 1984. Because you are already a global citizen, and never left your home town.
Why
Istari Report? Because the world is a mirror that reflects every person’s desires,
dreams, hopes and fears. Because you are cautious not to confuse this reflection
with the real world inside yourself.
Why
Istari Report? Because things don’t have to be real to be true. Or do they?
Why
Istari Report? Because there are no gods left, and none worth inventing.
Because you’ve returned from the Hero’s Journey with boons for the masses.
Why
Istari Report? Because the battle is always about winning hearts and minds.
Why
Istari Report? Because you believe death and life aren't antithetical; that one needn't overcome the other.
Why
Istari Report? Because you question the authority of inherited belief, whether
religious, scientific, moral, political, academic.
Why
Istari Report? Because curiosity is
common to all fields of human endeavour. And imagination is common to all
curiosity.
Why
Istari Report? Because ‘Istari’ - meaning ‘wise ones’ - is a word from J.R.R.
Tolkien’s book The Lord of the Rings that refers to five wizards sent into the
world to rally humanity’s resolve against an ancient oppressor.
