Friday, November 16, 2012

The Powerful Two

Although there are cars everywhere, most are not owned by anyone in particular. Driving is an ancient pastime, an old thought, a fond memory for some, and a hinderance that has been happily avoided for others. Outside of the city would be better for driving-less idiots around. Or is there a certain style of driving only found in the inner-workings of this island metropolis? I think there could be several answers to that question. One ways, interwoven neighborhoods where you may possibly end up in the wrong one with a single turn of the wheel. Maybe it's better that most people don't drive..
Instead of cars, the occupants of this city use legs. The powerful two, always better and more efficient than a skidding four.
More often than not, the city dwellers would love nothing more than to sail away into a tropical paradise, using a powerful one (one boat, that is). The freedom of driving, the peaceful gestures of the ocean, together would make for a wonderful and fantasizing experience. You think back to that piece you read before by Walter Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."A trip would be the work of art in this age of mechanical reproduction, that being your day to day commute-becoming more and more mechanical by the second.
"HONK!" A long-held, obnoxious horn goes off. You are shocked back to reality, and the deep blue sea and salted are are drifting further away- back into the back of your mind. Hopefully, your fate will take you there someday, but for now, there is nothing you can do but continue walking. At least you know it's quicker, more efficient, and significantly easier than driving. For now..

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