“When one ape threw a word at the other ape instead of a rock, there and then the civilization began.”
“Rocks were not the seeds from which civilization sprouted, but words were.”
The Light Manifesto
A dark room scares us.
A deep ocean scares us.
The vastness of space. The silence. The unknown.
We are not born with this fear.
We learn it through silence. Through absence. Through shadows.
We fear what we do not understand.
We hate what we have never touched.
And so grows xenophobia—
Not from danger,
But from emptiness.
Xenophobia festers in places where no light has reached.
Where no questions are asked.
Where no voices rise.
Where no hands reach out.
We are done waiting in the dark.
We choose the light.
We choose art.
Because nothing cuts through the dark like a spark of truth,
A color that should not exist,
A voice that dares to sing.
Our platform—TolerART—is a lighthouse.
It calls the drifting, the silenced, the forgotten.
Come home. Dock. Breathe. Create.
You are not alone.
This is our stand:
We fight with paint, not with fists.
We fight with dance, not with weapons.
We fight with stories, not with hatred.
We are artists.
But more than that—
We are witnesses.
We are peacemakers.
We are builders of bridges where others dig trenches.
We will not shout to drown others.
We will speak to be heard.
We will not tolerate intolerance.
But we will meet it with courage, not cruelty.
This space—our space—
Is for those whose voices have been chased into corners.
For those punished for daring to create.
Here, you are safe.
Here, your light matters.
From every land,
From every language,
We gather.
To tell what must be told.
To show what must be seen.
To feel what must be felt.
And we do it together.
Actively. Peacefully. Boldly.
Because storms are easier to survive
When we face them side by side.
And because the darkness never wins
As long as even one of us carries the flame.
TolerART