Homo Ex Machina
I am prone to “magical thinking”. It’s one of my faults. But it can nudge me in different directions, for sure. I have been thinking, recently, that my iPhone suddenly and inexplicably dying is a…lesson for me. Something I should know or remember.
I can dive into technology. Focus on it deeply; fade-out myself and those around me. It is like a cold splash of water in the face to come out of that. I can lean on things like my phone as if they were touchstones. Honestly though, what they give us is nothing more than we already have. Having this token taken from me now is, to my magical way of thinking, a reminder.
We are more than our machinery.
I don’t have any of this. It is all just tools I am using. The only thing I have is inside me. That will never go away…until I do.
I am reminded of a Dylan quote: “They will tear your mind away from contemplation…”
You really shouldn’t let them.
September 30th, 2010 at 6:38 PM
it means you like technology a bit too much and you have to learn to live without it. hee.
September 30th, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Very true. I have to awaken to a great many things.