The Prospectus of Kirishima Renaissance Conference

1. Principles

There is no end to the rapid advance of society and science/technology focused on the economy, which originated from "Time is money", and it permeated through the society threatening not only the dignity of man but also its existence itself by causing the concerns like the third world war, environmental destructions, nuclear energy, bullying, cloning and so forth. "Time is money" should rather be "Time is life". And we believe that there are following three stages in life, which is granted to each person at birth. The first is the physical life, the second is spiritual and the third is individual. The noblest among the three is "the third life". The path towards creativity led by the sensitivity, which was adopted by eternal time is longed for right at present. Each of us has a theme and purpose of our own to work on throughout our lifetime.

It goes without saying that science/technology and art will always be immature. They say that the 20th century was the era in which technology made rapid progress. However, there existed all sorts of destructions behind such progress as a result. Those were namely environmental destructions and wars. It was probably because we were overconfident about technology, which was merely a tool for mankind. In order to make a coming age of rich human nature into reality, it is desired to understand mankind itself better. On this account, we should prepare an environment where every man's sensitivity and reason, which do not incline to science but include art, can be enhanced. The question of how many years mankind will be able to survive is the primary factor of international and social concern. There have been major wars under the plea of the racial liberation, religious liberation or the liberation of a state, and such possibility cannot be denied at present. Therefore, we would like to make "the liberation of individuality (the third life)" the ultimate objective of Kirishima Renaissance Conference. The liberation of individuality here means to accept diverse individualities of yourself and others and cultivate creativity, which can only be achieved by each individual.

Space (land) was thought to be a personal possession, and time was thought to be equal in the past. But in fact space is something common to all mankind from generation to generation, and time does belong to individuals. It is ideal to build a society where people can enjoy healthy physical, spiritual and individual time. Above all, we would like to define the nurture of creativity (making a contribution generation after generation) originating in individual time, which is unique to mankind, as the liberation of individuality. In other words, there are mysteries solvable only by each person's individuality, which will never be generated again. Such a solution may only gain its eternal value once it is unveiled, but it is no exaggeration to say that those mysteries remain unsolved if solutions were unfound as a result of uniform education and so on. Mysteries of this sort exist in a place of every human activity, and providing a place for each individual to nurture a task, given to him and sprout out at his heart shall be the starting point of education. We believe that this kind of education will ultimately establish a human and global environment (time and space) and contribute to a healthy development of culture and science

For above reasons, it is ideal to liberate the original individuality from all idol worships of mere economic efficiency, status, reputation and so forth. Such idea of an individual liberation will not only be a process towards peace as it entails mutual respects but also hold hidden potential of becoming the path to protect all lives from environmental destructions.

2. Activity details

For the purpose of achieving above principles, the activities of Kirishima Renaissance Conference include following items.

1. To support researches and provide information in order to design time for the environment in which the first to the third life of the children and aged residentially and regionally can be nurtured.
   
   
2. To provide information to cultivate creativity originating in each person's individuality.
   
   
3. To hold both international symposiums and regional seminars, and dispatch information as well as provide opportunities for studies.
   
   
4. To support the editing and publication of Journal of Temporal Design in Architecture and the Environment (JTD), which was established in 2001 to exchange information beyond time and space. To publish extra issues of JTD for new cultures and arts. To set up an international base of dispatch through those.

3. Expenses

Kirishima Renaissance Conference for above purposes is fundamentally a volunteer activity. Nevertheless, necessary expenses shall be provided by governments, non-governments and individuals internationally as well as the entrance fees of the events sponsored by the Conference.