Nature is my inspiration. It gives me a break from the sterility of technology. The time I spend between the amalgam of busyness and productivity melts away. Nature reveals what is important. It teaches me to set aside what is not. It shows me where knowledge is distilled. Calm, connecting, and restorative.
Although I make living with computers, I prefer to live in a world of sensations. I was reminded of this when I was sitting by a pond trying to figure out what two birds behind me were fighting about. I could only see brief flashes and hear the flutter of wings. Some sort of kerfuffle. Although I had to admit I really don’t know much about birds. I had no fancy ornithology theory to explain to me what was happening. Before I knew it, the argument was over. I came away thinking that even though our society prizes analysis there are many times that we need to let nature wash over us and become part of it. Not separate from it. We teach our kids to analyze literature rather than reading for enjoyment. It dawned on me how good it feels to to use my intuition.
With all our fussing about with technology we left out one important element – people. People must still adapt to technology. We seem to have lost the ability to appreciate the people in front us. Our pushers of technology have the cadence and consistency down. Cranking out new technology faster than you can say, “Moore’s Law.” Along the way someone forgot to ask if we can eat more of it. They forgot to tell us that it comes with a certain sterility in our working environment. Mainly sitting behind a desk all day. Can we catch up with all this technology?
