used to be
you had to go to
the fields
hunt
in the woods
trade
with a neighbor
if you wanted to eat
you worked together
with your tribe
your clan
your society
to make sure everyone ate
now
now it’s drive up
drive through
don’t stop
don’t even get out of your car
ever
fast food, liquor, now your groceries
all
available
no eye contact
required
don’t look up from
your phone
…do you call this progress?
because
to me
it feels like
deterioration
a breakdown
a disconnect
an
utter
collapse.
this might not be a popular opinion. okay, obviously not a popular opinion. but it is mine. i couldn’t even draw myself holding a smartphone i hate them so much. that is not me. someone else there.
i hate drive-throughs almost as much as i hate smartphones. i get my ass out of the car, unpack the minions, walk in, and do what i need to do.
am i a martyr?
some might say i am being a martyr.
fuck that
i am trying to retain human contact because i think community is dire to our survival. i don’t even like people…and i have serious social anxiety.
but i get the fuck out of my car and talk to people and make eye contact.
because what happens if we lose even more of our connection to each other?
I agree with you in many ways!!! Love the art!
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thank you! ❤
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this truth. I’ve written about it as well. The smaller the world gets with tech the more disconnected and disjointed it feels. I don’t know if my social anxiety was as bad when I had to interact. But now that I do not I feel it grow daily.
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whenever i read the last line i wrote in this post, i feel like i am going to cry. the disconnect in the world breaks my heart.
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I can see and feel that.
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I love this post!
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thank you!
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I agree with it all! And I love the picture!
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You’re so right Emje, it really hurts 😔
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Well said. Beautiful art and poem.
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thanks!
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