God's Land

God's Land

By Lea Celik Sommerseth Shaw

More than stone, water, and sky. Earth is chronicle. It is not just geology and biology; it is a spiritual testament to resilience, to evolution, and to the unfolding destiny of humankind. Earth’s fiery beginning , a planet forged from cosmic dust and stardust — the remnants of ancient stars collapsing, giving their lives so that something new could form. In those molten oceans of magma, part of existence.

The rains came, cooling fire into oceans. And from those waters, life whispered its first song, tiny cells that multiplied, adapted, and endured. Earth’s first heartbeat: the courage to create something fragile yet infinite, its always evolve, just like mankind and us, mankind are not superior to the natural order or what shape evolution forms into.

Cyanobacteria transformed the planet by releasing oxygen, changing everything. Everything follow a pattern a puzzel like a chain, its all belongs together, how small or big, without one dot its create chaos, Its all forms the reshaping of the world — a reminder that transformation often begins quietly, in places unseen. I carry that lesson into my work, reform, and creativity may start humbly but can change entire civilizations, when I work on my multilateral works I always aim to understand nature and dance with it, never against.

In the Cambrian explosion, life diversified — creatures with shells, eyes. Evolution didnt just happen to be for survival; it became creation. Nature painted, colors, sculpted with forms. There is a spirit in everything, to recognize diversity as the richness of creation.

The Earth saw empires before humans. Dinosaurs ruled with majesty and scale. Yet even they, despite their dominance, were not eternal. Their fall reminds me that power without adaptability crumbles. For any society, whether Babylon of the past or nations of today, survival depends not on might, but on wisdom.

With the dinosaurs gone, there were mammals, evolution gave rise and first humans emerged. Fire, tools, language — these were our first revolutions. To me, this was humanity’s covenant with the Earth: to be not only survivors, but storytellers, dreamers, and creators of justice.

From the fertile crescent of Mesopotamia to the Nile, the Indus, and the Andes, civilizations rose, bringing, music to temples, and cities. Yet with them came hierarchy, conquest, and injustice. Still, the thread of wisdom endured — from Hammurabi’s code to the teachings of prophets, poets, and philosophers.

I often think of Babylon not as ruins, but as a symbol — the first attempt at order, at justice written in stone. Today, in my vision for Babylon and beyond, I see the echo of that dream: governance rooted in transparency, in balance with natural law, and in faith in people.

Now, humanity faces choices that will shape the Earth’s future:, and the fragile balance of peace. If the planet has taught us anything, it is that resilience is born from harmony, not domination.

We are only on this earth for guardianship, to protect the Earth and God's creation.The Earth’s history is not distant from us — it is within us. We are stardust, ocean, fire, and memory. To honor that legacy is to live with courage, to act with justice, and to dream of a future worthy of our beginnings.

Lea Celik Sommerseth Shaw

Saint Germain Des Pres 24 August 2025