Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Reliable Lap Computer



I remember 20 years ago, I dined in a boarding house at Porta in the Pyrenees. An only child was struggling between father and mother at the next table. A close discussion. Parents in turn played the allies. Child alone with no one to go against it from time to time enjoyed the support of a parent towards the other.
Today I'm in a restaurant in Pont l'Eveque. A child of 11 or 12 years dines with his two parents. The dish is finished. She left a lot on your plate. She plays on her cell phone. Parents talk to each other. The worlds are separated. There is no discussion. There are more questions. The only child is alone. The parents are alone. I wrote in a first movement "finally" only. Probably an exaggeration but that's what I feel. This lack of
question terrifies me. No question, no question. Each maintains its position, on his guard, in his personal fortress. It's just like our present universe. It is talking without listening. It speak not in order to exchange or change of use but the possible unveiling of the other, weakness enlightened somehow and struck his own truth, to bind, to demonstrate how it is right ... While no one is revealed, that is to say, exposes his questioning, his fragility.
Snowball.
When the president travels, he monopolizes the hordes of riot police to the questions just do not come to him for precisely that no weakness appear. Anywhere. Arrogant attitude which obviously breeds violence. Yes, the president may be low. Momentary low. Like all of us. We are weak momentary because we are human. Otherwise, in terms of the President, we are our own puppet.
The worst part is that it is not the only issue in this "marionnettisation. The world we make, symbolized by the phone, amplifies the tendency to turn inward.
Separates.
He stiffens. It
cloisonne.
It isolates. It arouses aggressive
away as the other. More
life eludes us, the more excitement we win.
Please, put the conversation with your neighbor, especially if it appears to miles away from your world. Engage means to engage, so engaging, that is to say not to hide his weakness, weaknesses, issues, real, not ersatz ... and again I think the president.

0 comments:

Post a Comment