There are so many gems in this post. I think I will share one of them in different spaces.
For here, I am quite struck by your noticing of space exchanges. The moment you were lazy to get up and make second cup, you scrolled a social media channel. Oh my! I realise now all these months of not being able to venture out, I scroll internet to quieten the desire of movement. And that my mind wanders to make up for other spaces.
And what happens when one space becomes so satiating that other spaces are erased. Like teens on mobiles.
And all this combined with "use" - aiyooo. Something is falling in place.
"I realise now all these months of not being able to venture out, I scroll internet to quieten the desire of movement. And that my mind wanders to make up for other spaces." - this resonates with me. Love you Bhavana - "satiating" what a word!
I absolutely love this piece Sri. The algorithm, Shame, buy, sell, space, Just how beautifully all these are webbed together. If there is one thing I wish to take away from this piece, its my ability to be more mindful - of how I am spending my time with the internet. :)
"It was in the algorithms—the popularity algorithms, the shame algorithms, the “Destroy all sense of self” algorithms, the “divide and dominate algorithms” --the infinite scrolling algorithm, the “sell 24/7” algorithm. "
Wow! This is the most brilliantly apt and precise summing up of what's going on.
This post - it felt like a ramble through through space and time - is replete with the sensuous. My mother would be delighted. I love how you moved effortlessly from one section to the next leaving us with a sense of infinite space and time. I have a lot to say, but for now I would rather bask in the profound feels of your writing
There are so many gems in this post. I think I will share one of them in different spaces.
For here, I am quite struck by your noticing of space exchanges. The moment you were lazy to get up and make second cup, you scrolled a social media channel. Oh my! I realise now all these months of not being able to venture out, I scroll internet to quieten the desire of movement. And that my mind wanders to make up for other spaces.
And what happens when one space becomes so satiating that other spaces are erased. Like teens on mobiles.
And all this combined with "use" - aiyooo. Something is falling in place.
"I realise now all these months of not being able to venture out, I scroll internet to quieten the desire of movement. And that my mind wanders to make up for other spaces." - this resonates with me. Love you Bhavana - "satiating" what a word!
Excellent write up. The Internet words like "Google", "zoom", "e-mail" etc have transformed from nouns to verbs. That's the internet today.
You have beautifully penned out how real world is merged into internet world today.
People are living more and more in virtual world rather than in real world. A sad reality.
I absolutely love this piece Sri. The algorithm, Shame, buy, sell, space, Just how beautifully all these are webbed together. If there is one thing I wish to take away from this piece, its my ability to be more mindful - of how I am spending my time with the internet. :)
"It was in the algorithms—the popularity algorithms, the shame algorithms, the “Destroy all sense of self” algorithms, the “divide and dominate algorithms” --the infinite scrolling algorithm, the “sell 24/7” algorithm. "
Wow! This is the most brilliantly apt and precise summing up of what's going on.
This post - it felt like a ramble through through space and time - is replete with the sensuous. My mother would be delighted. I love how you moved effortlessly from one section to the next leaving us with a sense of infinite space and time. I have a lot to say, but for now I would rather bask in the profound feels of your writing