I was inspired by a post by fellow blogger Star Rush in Seattle called Currents. In the post, Star spoke of the currents of energy, life and power. The post was accompanied by one of her beautiful monochrome photos featuring a jumble of power-line and cable. While I liked the post very much, it got me to thinking about not only the energy the lines carry, about how they power our homes or carry telephony (remember then?) but how they connected us. I got to reflecting that when an operator said “Connecting you now…” they really were. You were physically connected to the person you were speaking to.
Think about that for a moment … physically connected to someone else whether in the next street or on the other side of the planet.
While I embrace the freedom that the mobile age has brought, I feel that something somewhere has been lost … a connection to one another if you will. How we’re more connected than ever but somehow dis-connected at the same time.
Connecting you now.
Thanks for the mention, Geoff, and I love that you were inspired to continue the conversation, if you will. It's so accurate what you say about connections–to one another in a material way, closer. I enjoyed reading and thinking about what you say. Star
You’re more than welcome. Your words sent my mind elsewhere and I enjoyed the trip. To continue the conversation … I like that idea.
Geoff
I do get your point, Geoff. It's a different world today for my 11-yr-old grandson who will know nothing different than his kind of connections. Those of us who straddle the two worlds are the ones left with commiserating. 🙂
I absolutely LOVE your image. Talk about connectedness.
Thanks Ginnie … it’s physical connections that fascinated me … that someone on the other side of the world was connected like a piece of string 🙂
seems to be in a chemical laboratory, when molecules are split, extraordinary macro, many compliments
Molecules split and put back together again … little atoms of chrome 🙂