Enamored by now.
A society as it progresses gets more and more self engrossed with the present. And the same gets inflected in the individual. Only the immediate realities get any attention from us.
Our choices bring forth this uncomfortable truth - choices from the inane to less inane. It is uncomfortable to look or think about the future. Art, culture, literature become victims of our existentialist thinking and living.
Everything gets compromised. Look at our cinema of today, we create escapist worlds or reflective cinema - Inane humor or dark realities. Unquestioning, unthinking worlds or sinister inner realms. Those 24 frames per second illusions are about us and are us. We root for the evil, brooding psychopath and not for the conscientious cop. The old villain is the new hero.
Literature is boring. We have no time to waste time on these fictional narratives. We would rather spend time reading the biography of the Richard Branson than peek into tormented soul of Edgar Allen Poe. We relish the one liners of Oscar Wilde while his foreboding warning of a egocentric, narcissist world catches dust in a corner. We would never see any correlation or debate about the George Orwell’s ominous Big Brother and the www.
Silliness , stupidity and ridiculousness of our discussions.
Imagine Paris Hilton is a celebrity while we have no idea who is our Vice President. We would know the names of our favorite actors dog or grandchildren or have an opinion about their choice of clothes but would have no talk about the Nandigram or Nihari Killings except the unmeant, insincere tutt tutt. Go tutt tutt yourself.
Have you ever wondered how economic disparity impacts your life?
Think why you are scared of the guards who guard your house? Or why you clutch your purse a little tighter when you see under-privileged? Or where the rampant consumerism is taking us?
Ever in passing has it ever crossed your mind, how hollow your life is? Or why moving from one mall to another is entertainment or probably your only hobby today?
Future is invented today and today we have no future.
We are today petty minds, with petty needs and pitiable lives.
Probably this was not the place you wanted to be for your daily high. Thank for reading and forgetting is faster than you read.
Goodbye and good luck.
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2 comments:
very interestingly written.. gels one negative to the other pretty well, the small paragraphs help.. a lot has been said (perhaps again) but in a very crisp, well-rounded manner.. liked this write-up..
another dose of the 'dark realities' that you speak about... i am more pitiable than anothers...would like to be more aware and more proactive, but some how my routine has its clutches on me too tight..
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