Techy Stuff

I’m not a big fan of technology. Sure, I have a computer, iphone, music thingy and I work on a computer all day, but I’d rather be working manually with my hands. There is no greater feeling than crafting something by hand from a wet lump of clay, piece of wood or metal or a combination and turning it into a piece of art others can enjoy looking at or touching. I think that the younger generations are and will be missing out. Everyone seems to be plugged into some device of some sort and missing out on the simple pleasures of life and nature. Even on construction sites I've seen where someone is texting. I believe that most people are hooked on techy stuff, so much so that they wouldn’t know what to do if their devices were taken away, lost or just stopped working. Notice how “vice” makes up the main body of the word device! Yes I believe they would even go into shock or withdrawal just like a junkie.

Technology, at one time was supposed to free up our time and make life easier. Instead it has made life complicated and hectic. Everything has to be done faster and faster and we are expected to produce more and more. We have to fill up every little bit of time doing something like faxing, texting, calling . . . where does it end? Everywhere you look someone is sitting in a restaurant or fast food joint, walking or what really gets me, driving while talking or texting on a cell phone. People have lost the ART of conversation, slowing down, smelling the flowers or just sitting and listening to the birds, waves or other symphonies of nature like a breeze blowing through the trees. Where does it end. Give me the old days when life was simple and easy.

But that is just my view on technology which I could really rant on and on but I won’t. How about for one day we don't use our cell phone to text or talk, don't use the computer or the music thingy. Let's just sit in a park on a nice sunny day and watch and listen to nature for once.