About the Art
In one of my LS1 lectures, we were asked to draw a picture of how we'd like to be sometime in the future, when we're through with college. I drew a sketch of the above: I, the central Stickperson with the long hair, am in my own comfortable sphere of existence, but am still connected to others (in their spheres) by love and connection. I'm also surrounded by that which I love to be immersed in--music and art. When I transferred this sketch into the computer art version, I added other elements. My Stickperson contains all of the colors of the other Stickpeople, meaning that I hope I will be able to adopt many perspectives and opinions. In my sphere is the sea, at sunset, except that the air is under my feet and the water swirling around my head--no real meaning in that except that I like to flip things around and not be completely normal (those of you that know me will probably laugh at the mention that I could ever be "normal"). On the right is a blue sky, and on the left is foliage--both very different from my ocean, but beautiful in their own ways. The barriers between the "spheres" are not completely tangible and forbidding, meaning that I could pull myself into another if I so choose.

This is how I would like to be... as my own person (resist the sheep syndrome), connected with others (break through the barriers in the Greenhouse), meaningfully connected with nature (break through the walls of the Greenhouse), surrounded by outlets I enjoy (for I am the key)... In short, it is my own take on how I might avoid the mundane, industrial world and somehow relate with a more open and beautiful one. It is how I envision what would be a realistic paradise--my one sense of oneness.

More on the theme of Envision
How might one's view of the world, and behavior in it, contribute to a brighter future?
First of all, the idea of understanding and accepting multiple perspectives is so simply illustrated in this quote:

"I suppose if humans were birds we would have called this planet 'Air'" (Journal).
-Matthew Banks, Blue Man

I believe it is important for us to not only view the world from the viewpoints of many different humans, but other species and beings as well... Doing so may help individuals to fight off pure isolation from the world around us, and resist being completely enveloped in our human-made world.
While taking others views into consideration is good, one should never lose sight of his or her own view, for the light within each of us must shine...

"As Joseph Campbell said, you can either think of yourself as the glass shell of a lightbulb or you can think of yourself as the light radiating from within it..." (What).
-CMP, Blue Man Group Founders

We should also not lose sight of our most basic emotions and loves and wonders. for the farther we find ourselves from them, the closer we come to being heartless machines, who may have no problem destroying each other and the world... who may not really mind not living.
This next quote is a long one, but it embodies the essence of the Blue Man, who may be (somewhat ironically) an ideal human in many ways...

The Blue Man character is not an alien. He looks different on the outside, that’s for sure, but the key to the Blue Man is his inner life. The people who really connect with the Blue Man see past his unusual appearance and see something fundamentally human. Unlike the Blue Man, most of us are comfortable with pretense, we tend to our egos and our personas. We feel awkward in the presence of the primal, self-conscious in moments of playfulness and we routinely feel alone in crowds. The Blue Man is the opposite. He is naturally authentic, he is egoless, he is at home in the primal, he is never self-conscious and he easily connects with others.
What does it say about the human condition that someone with these traits seems so alien to us? Clearly, in the process of becoming “civilized” something has been lost. It’s so far gone that when it stares us in the eyes, we don’t even recognize it, and it seems strange.
There’s a part of us that instinctively knows we are not our masks, our outer shells. This part of us knows exactly who the Blue Man is. For some people it may be too far down to access; they get so far in they can’t get out. These people do not recognize the Blue Man, but there are others who haven’t completely buried this aspect of themselves. These are the people who “get” the Blue Man. When they see him, his essence is not at all alien; it is familiar, like a voice from the distant past. In this moment of recognition, it all becomes clear; we are the ones who have become the aliens" (Character Statement).
-CMP, Blue Man Group Founders

This may be one of the cheesiest phrases ever in the history of Blue Man Group Message Board-om, but, there is a bit of Blue Man inside of all of us--we just need to find him... Perhaps he may be hiding in places we don't expect, or that we see as unacceptable or even simply too deep to get to. An individual needs to find this "inner Blue Man" for his/herself, and then embrace him and learn from him:

"Our hearts are not flawed...but often misguided....I believe within us all is the light of God....It's my feeling...I don't have answers other than that and not sure I want them....I just follow my flawed little heart...It's been working out great for me....love and kindness....creativity....human connection and an understanding that under all the horseshit illusion of this world....we are all the same....this is the BLUE MAN...all of us.....and if that is evil....I guess I am too" (flawed heart).
-Tom Galassi, Blue Man

And finally, perhaps along with accepting the light within each of us and using it to its full potential (regardless of seeming boundaries like conformity and isolation, and avoiding pitfalls like vices), we must also except our "shadow," or all the other parts of our being as well... For good or bad, those oft-hidden parts of us contribute to the whole, and we would be incomplete without them. A brief explanation of some Jungian theory:

"Just as modern art suggests that we need to penetrate the surface of things, and make far-ranging and imaginative spatial and symbolic connections in order to sense the deeper aspects of ourselves, so does Jungian thinking place the quest for self-knowledge within a framework of breadth and depth. This framework initially suggests that, behind the persona which each of us adopts to meet society’s demands, our true self should seek to develop, through an acknowledgement of the “shadow” or dark side in the psyche which we usually keep repressed" (Shadows).
-Michael Tucker

And alas, we find ourselves at the end here (or do we? or is it just me, tappity-tap-tapping along on my little laptop for the umpteenth hour?)...
Let me just leave you with a single question: How will you find your oneness?
...and go to it, my friend... perhaps you've found some inspiration here--if not from my incessant ramblings, from the ingenious quotes from some truly wonderful people. Wherever you find you inspiration, run to it... know oneness.