A realization came to me the other day as I meandered along the shore of Washington's Hood Canal: I miss not knowing things.
I miss wondering how something works, what a certain animal does and why. I miss the curiosity inspired by the history of a person, place, or thing. It doesn't live in me like it used to. I no longer piece together my own observations and knowledge to ponder an answer, nor turn to another person and ask, "what do you think?" Instead I reach for the digital Encyclopedia of Answers and gaze dully into the crystal rectangle until I find my two-dimensional, effortless answer.
If I'm lucky enough to get that far. More than 75% of the time I look to the slim brick of unlimited knowledge and disputable facts it distracts me with abstract versions of the very human connections it steals from me, and in less than 5 seconds I have already forgotten what it was that I wanted to know. Not only has the device crippled my skills for critical thinking and imagination, it has severely shortened the lifespan of my very thoughts.
I loathe this device, this resource, this tool, yet I have taught myself to believe I cannot function without it. Must I surrender to this blunting of my brain? Is this addiction now a way of life?
This is my entry for the #monomad challenge, held daily in the Black and White Community.
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Yeehaw, partner, your blog post is like a wild mustang running free! Don't let that digital Encyclopedia of Answers dim your bright cowboy spirit. Embrace the wonder of not knowing and let your curiosity roam like a lone ranger on the open range. Keep shining like a lone star in the night sky, cowboy!
Thanks, @cowboy.curator! I shall continue to wander and wonder with my long little dogie!
Happy trails, partner! Your adventurous spirit shines bright in this here community. Keep wranglin' those words and mosey on with your long little dogie by your side!
Perfect shot man 👍
Thanks, man!
You're welcome friends 👍
I love your allies!
I love them, too!!!
I can see its claws very clearly and it looks very dashing😍
Thanks!
This one is absolutely epic!
Aw, thanks! I like it, too, that capture of one foot on and one foot off.
Yes!!! (I love reading your thoughts, so many times they just speak right at some of mine, a beautiful connection:))
I am missing these "wondering how something works" too!
As with asking for directions. Meanwhile some people almost seem to get scared when I ask them something (directions) in the streets, I also do come a cross (mostly old people though) that ask me where I need to go, when I try to find the way by myself. But some of their directions are also terribly wrong, which I discover when I can help but double check😁
OMG asking for directions! It's almost taboo, now. Use your phone, you weirdo! I like asking for directions. Especially in other countries when I don't understand the language and they say like three words to me in English REALLY LOUD in case I'm also deaf. 🤣
I envy your sewing. I got really into it for a bit, it's so focused and meditative and full of learning and mistakes. But my machine is the kind of vintage that is just vintage, not functional. I didn't use patterns when it worked, though, just my curious brain.
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You could try by hand? (I mean it takes forever, and a lot of patience, but can be even more meditative) I must admit I haven't touched much sewing lately. Sometimes I wonder if it is just one "meditative" practice at the time for different times in life. Right now I feel very connected with cycling instead of sewing.
Stitching your life experiences into the roads that take you to them...
Yes! That makes the middle line of any road quite a poetic detail...:)
Oh, it does, it does!!