prompt or not: it was tenuous
aww 1/28/15
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I've started writing three different times now during this thirty-minute writing break.
I'm tempted to say that I'm breaking the rules by starting over, and over, and over.
My next thought is, "There are no rules Carol. You can start over as many times as you want."
I can leave this computer screen blank, no words at all, if I choose.
I get tired of these glass screens that give us humans instant and constant access to knowledge, history, videos, news, the arts, music, pornography, revealed secrets, chat rooms, and whatever one can imagine.
It's something I think about regularly. Snippets of my life displayed on a screen in a box that I carry in my hand, or in my hip pack, and sometimes in my bra.
I'm not sure what to make of it. How much have I allowed "it" to change me? "It" being online life.
I wonder if these screens will ever go the way of the dinosaur?
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Not sure they'll go extinct but I do think they'll evolve. These keys might go extinct and it will all be voice activated? Or even thought activated! Oh my.
Did you read Victoria's blog piece:
Sending Emails Brain-to-Brain Is Now Possible ?
I read it and was like... "Really?" If so, it's scary. I wonder if someday there will be thought interceptors that invisibly track through the airwaves picking up vibrations of thoughts.
I continue to be fascinated that I can tap a little glass screen and almost instantly be connected to the world. I imagine the first light switch caused the same fascination. Lately I've been calling this instant connection, "world in a box" or "life in a box." And I've thought, "I don't want to live in box." Then that led to other thoughts...like portals leading to other worlds. lol
I just revisited Victoria's blog piece to post the link here. I scrolled the comments and will have to read them later. Looks like there was quite a bit of discussion.
I wonder about that stuff too... i miss the old world in some ways, before computer screens.
in some ways i wonder if this way of life hasn't hurt us...people don't get out in the Real World it seems. my kids sit in front of their computer instead of running around outside. :( not to mention the fucking fantasies of people putting photo shopped bullshit up, pornography, IMAGES with no substance. I need REAL. :/
I've referred to it as a "love-hate relationship." with technology...both the laboratory type technology and online technology.
Without it, I'd (we'd?) probably be dead. Plus there are all the things digital/satellite/computer technology provides access to on a daily basis that without it, our lives would be much more complicated...in a different way than they are complicated now. (Oh man...my noggin can go down another tangent now. lol)
Too much of it can lead to some sort of disconnection with the self and Self's relationship with Self's roots. Maybe the self can become too dependent on the machine, and if/when that happens, Self's intuitive voice becomes more and more muffled and garbled...like its alien. Stuff depicted in sci-fi man-machine-relationship scripts. Reminds me of doctrine over person.
This technology and digital age is another territory where, hopefully, us humans learn to strike a balance.
If only that balance could be found among the fundamentalists in any field...
I prefer a field of flowers! ;D
I was speaking w/ Becky last night and it is true the technology is a godsend for many people who are homebound...they can still stay connected via internet w/ friends, news, etc. lots of good has come from technology. guess it is a love-hate thing. I am glad we have technology, the information at hand on the internet can be very helpful. i guess like anything, for myself anyhow, i have to keep it in check. Lol
Me too....as far as keeping tabs in regard to my online life...and how it affects me.
And for some folks, perhaps it helps them better tap into their intuitive voice....or something like that.
I do hope keyboards never go away...I've been addicted to them ever since I took 11 years of piano lessons growing up and continued on pounding decade after decade after I learned to type on a blank typewriter. I have found keyboards to be my best tranquilizer through the years. I woke up this morning, saw a 1000 word short story contest with 29 as the subject and had a short story written in 15 minutes I submitted and have felt "accomplished" all day. You are very creative writing Carol and I do hope you never give it up either.
Thanks Anna!
I still have an electric typewriter. I wish it were manual. :D
When I was teaching my kids keyboarding (ie: typing), I had them start off with that electric typewriter, instead of the computer. I wanted then to hear the keys hit the roller. It was more tactile than a computer. Probably didn't make a difference, except in my head. :D
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