I feel so honored to have participated in this beautiful publication where I was able to share imagery from my current series The Myths Of Eternal Life which so perfectly resonates with Theos idea @paradigm_publishing to consider “Life Before” as an embracive mindset how to responsibly and actively return to nature into our being. “Mark Suciu formulates a query in the introduction to the Life Before book: “how can we explore the idea of a life before a weaponized climate starts to change our relationship to the world?” This question is examined by a group of fourteen artists and writers - friends of the publisher Paradigm - in the book Life Before_. Adidas have partnered up with Paradigm to create a publication for artists and writers to express themselves freely on matters of ecological unraveling. What formed is an assembly of citizens’ expressions. An incomplete guide that might direct towards hidden paths beneath the dominant battlegrounds. We believe it is through our capacities to work with the emotions rising in us in these years and decades that important answers to questions of sustainability, equity and resilience will come through action. ...What Life Before has to offer in this regard is an aesthetically ambiguous plot - a starting point with multiple histories and possible aftermaths” Extracted words by Aslak Aamot Helm Introduction by Mark Suciu @marksuciu Afterword by Theophilos Constantinou @paradigm_publishing Contributors Anthony Jamari Thomas, Zohra Opoku, Reginald Sylvester II, Kim Giannone, Marie Tomanova, Maxwell Deter, KC Ortiz, Radamiz, Sam Lindenfeld, Onyx Collective, Mark Suciu, Aslak Aamot Helm, Elvia Wilk, James Bridle and Nick Hakim @anthonyjamarithomas @reginaldsylvester2 @marietomanova @maskwell_deter @kcortizstudio @radamiz @marksuciu @elviawilk @en_hakim @onyxcollective1 Photo: @dannywonders Makeup: @mzl4wson 🤍