I hear the phrase “shock of the new,” a lot, the idea that you need novelty to knock you out of your stupor, but, while I believe that is sometimes what is needed, what about the “shock of the ordinary”? Newness and novelty requires energy to seek it out or craft it and this energy could be used to grow food for hungry people, build houses for the homeless, or protect fresh clean water. Isn’t it more sustainable to find wonder in what you already have at your disposal? Ordinary gets a bad rap, it’s too boring, too accessible. Our overly stimulated society needs to be wowed to wake up. If that’s true, why is the sleeping aid market so robust?
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| can you see the garden |
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2 comments:
After 4 hours of weeding, I wondered why i had allowed myself to get distracted from the ordinary. Then i found your blog...
Isn't the everyday full of surprises :-)
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