Someone who is happy lives in the absolute present. Someone who is visionary must learn from the past and live for the future.

Let us be both.

Let us make Asgardia, the future of our nation, our absolute present.

As a school teacher, I like bringing new ideas to the table and discuss and encourage current ones. First and foremost, art and culture are to be preserved at all cost and, alongside science and knowledge, must be transmitted through generations.

Qui est heureux vit dans le présent absolu. Qui est visionnaire doit apprendre du passé et vivre pour le futur.

Soyons les deux.

Faisons d'Asgardia, le futur de notre nation, notre présent absolu.

En tant qu'enseignant, j'apprécie apporter de nouvelles idées ainsi que discuter et encourager les idées existentes. D'abord et avant tout, l'art et la culture doivent être préservées à tout prix et, aux côtés de la science et de la connaissance, être transmises à travers les générations.

This is a previously sent letter to asgardian members.

To whom it may concern,

in order to reflect the primary concept that Asgardia has yet no main language (except its working language for sole purpose of logical communication of ideas between earthlings) which would cause division by creating an irreductible barrier between its own members, I do believe the Anthem you seek should reflect this as well, and entirely rely on the international language that is music, transmitting emotions instead of simple written ideas, sharing creations of art instead of spoken knowledge that does not extend across human evolution. Also and nevertheless, even if the grand idea that is Asgardia is very down to earth -read; Possible-, it is to be thought that this full fledged nation will be the first contact between earth and any extraterrestrial forms. We have to believe, if these have the capability of hearing and analyzing, that human spoken language will most likely not be understood, as it is not only proprietary to humans, but also sharing concepts and ideas that they do not even originaly share and might never do or even want to. Music by itself has a greater chance to be taken as a welcoming symbol of peace, even if such idea may only remain an assumption in any case such encounter happens. I therefore recommend that the Anthem contest page allows uploads of mp3 and other most common form of compressed music files as well as images for music sheets, to allow everyone to try their best in making an anthem that will be voted between other members and really reflect the idea of an international nation.

Thank you for reading.

F. Sarrazin