Unavested Visions

Rediscovering Avesta Through Primitive Brushstrokes

Image: 'Untitled' (AKA An Earlier Avesta), courtesy of AMM (the archaeological musuem of Metahaven).

In a stunning revelation that has captivated both scholars and Seedlings alike, a tattered and a bit bruised canvas of early Avestan artwork has emerged from the fern-veiled underbrush a small island off Verdantis!

This visual record, untitled but now commonly referred to as 'An Earlier Avesta', rendered in rudimentary pixels and charmingly naive geometries, offers a rare glimpse into how early settlers once imagined the planet of Avesta. Far from a mere curiosity, this image has unlocked a whole new historical lens.  I mean, what are those ponds? Now we know where the blocky ducks came from.

"I mean when I look at it, I see an exciting difference between the Pioneer Era and our own, this is a bridge between how Seedlings perceived reality,' said the Metahaven art critic Brlo, 'What's fascinating is that we get insight to a whole other understanding of form and content. The roundness might make some people laugh, but I see a brilliant sort of naivete."

We at the UNN welcome this reminder that every era sees its world through its own limitations. Much like the cave paintings of Earth’s prehistory or the flat, god-tiered compositions of early human civilizations, these primitive depictions emphasize not a lack of skill, but a foundational stage in the evolving grammar of perspective. 

In witnessing how Seedlings once saw their world, we can come to better understand how we see now—and perhaps, how we might see differently in times to come. We’ve been told that there’s only more to come in discovering how the old timers made art and represented their world.