I said to Wendy this morning that I have had enough please lock me away and don’t let me read or hear any news I can’t take anymore of this depressing world. I no longer know what to say or write I have exhausted my ability to comment, I am not a natural pessimist but each day seems to get worse. No clear truth about anything that emerges, so many opinions, stories, misinformation, I’m right and they are wrong, it becomes impossible to get any real understanding! History dictates that this is always the case but in 2021 it is worse than it has ever been.
This may seem trivial and nostalgic but yesterday we watched the brilliant Repair Shop. A man brought in a bus ticket machine to be restored so as he could once again see it print. It had belonged to his Uncle. It was fascinating to see a mechanical machine that I remember so well form riding buses in London when conductors were still in place. Wendy and I spoke fondly of the simplicity of the handle being turned and a thin paper ticket would emerge, sometimes in a long stream if there were two or three of you! It was lovingly repaired and the owner was delighted, wanting to show his young grandchildren how it worked as they had kept asking. Now I know we progress and it’s easy to look back to what we fondly believe was a simpler time and long for that simplicity, when we know that the world was just as complicated but it brings into stark relief todays rush to do everything and the pace we now live at. We did not know what advances would be made or how quickly they would develop. Sometimes progress is not what we need. One can understand those who opt for a simpler life, or get off the “grid”. And yes I get the irony of writing that and then posting on social media!
Stay well
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