Time, time, time is not on our side
January 26, 2008
Marvellously, the Gazette actually published a semi-thoughtful article about the contemporary addiction to speed/action-packed time. I’ve been reeling in my own timelessness (and not the good kind), and wondering how the movers and shakers manage to do it all in one day. I’m going to start promoting a return to slow. So, please, read the article slowly.
That’s why taking the bus is great – you can stare out the window and daydream.
what’s with so many newspapers these days? english writing is on the decline. there’s such irony in an article whose subject is critical of people not taking time while its author doesn’t formulate complete sentences. not that i could do any better… but thanks for it anyhow. some neat ideas in there. i don’t know if it’s true that we don’t daydream. i think all these distractions are purely daydreamesque. we moreso don’t have any persistence or dedication to thinking. when things become difficult to think about, we turn to one of a million distractions…
Eve: Every winter, I get pissed that I have to take the bus again, but then after a few weeks, I realize how much I love it. Buses allow you to immerse yourself in a big mental bubble. It’s almost like the less physical space you have, the more your mental space makes up for it.
Pagno: the last line of your comment couldn’t have been any more poignant for me right now! Unfortunately, all these modern distractions that we turn to are mass-produced and meant for consumption. They think for you, they daydream for you, they read for you, they shit for you. and they even wipe your ass for you if you pay enough for them. I miss creating out of boredom. I miss painting, writing, drawing, and imagining simply because I had nothing better to do.
And about the newspapers: WORD! Widespread shoddy journalism is slowly but surely killing our language. Perhaps they have joined forces with ‘txt mssgs to utterly destroy what is left of English prose.