I wonder why I hoard things. I mean we all seem to hoard things these days, and for me as I look across the room I'm sitting in I seem to hoard books, DVDs, CDs and all manner of stuff. I also ave an awful lot of ties.
And then there's my iPod. I have heaps of stuff on it, music, videos and all that sort of thing. Don't get me started on digital photos..
But what would it be like if one day we all decided to do a bit of a purge. Instead of keeping everything (or a copy of stuff) we all decided to get rid of everything. Clearing out bookcases, wiping disks and so on until there was only the real right now experience of life. Would that really be such a bad thing?
I think this idea came from watching something odd happen in Spain earlier this summer. I was sitting on a bench on a little cobbled street one night in July. My sons sat next to me eating ice pops. I watched a group of teenagers take their places around a table outside a restaurant, all chatting and laughing as they ordered and waited for their food. One young guy stood up and took a picture of the group and then proceeded to show everyone the picture of themselves taken just 10 seconds previously.
Why do we do that? Why do we waste time taking and reviewing pictures of what we are supposed to be actually experiencing? why do we need to keep a record of stuff like this? isn't that what our memories are for?
I'm blathering on. Anyway I need to go and throw some stuff out.
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