In our constantly televised, X-boxed, weblogged world, it's hard to dismiss (or escape) the power of the media. Rather than bemoaning the pervasiveness of negative images and stories in news and entertainment outlets, a group of individuals and organizations has decided to create uplifting and positive messages using the very same media.

If you've seen the film What the #$*! [Bleep] Do We Know!?, or checked out the mail-based DVD service from Spiritual Cinema Circle, you've already touched The Visionary Edge. Now, it's time to explore further and get into the game.

Described as a "transformative arts & media company," this network of creative visionaries and media professionals is "committed to using the potency and creativity of arts and mass media to inform and inspire millions around the globe to create a wiser, more sustainable, and compassionate world." That may sound lofty and idealistic, but such goals are the only ones truly worth working for.

The organizers of The Visionary Edge encourage media professionals — and anyone else with something to say — to communicate life-affirming messages that come from "the new sciences (especially consciousness studies), and from the ageless wisdom traditions."

Many of us experience the disconnect between what we do for a living, what we encounter in the workplace and community, what say we believe, and the way we would truly like to live. Messages from the media contribute to that unease.