A bottle of wine I sell right now comes from a property where the vines only exist because a water witch found locations for water. I can tell my printer to print something, it can say it's connected to the internet and it can still decide to "not" (Que Office Space printer demolition montage.) Developing yeast for bread reminds me of how in Morocco I saw community based bakeries where people would develop dough at home and then bring it to the bakery to bake. It's a trap to think what's old is irrelevant. Tolkien didn't publish his first book until he was 45. 40 year old film cameras are going UP in price. That developer needs to slow his role, chill, and look at the big picture. Analog is community, analog is magic, analog in the digital age is irreverence and that will always be relevant.
I was deciding whether or not to subscribe and was SO TAKEN ABACK at the parents comment about « why should kids learn how to spell », as a teacher I was horrified! I love your reflections and the warmth in how you write, subscribed to follow along :)
This is why I still shoot film for photos. I want to be in charge, if that makes sense? I love my cell phone, and I have a very nice digital camera that I still use. I also own a typewriter and use it quite a bit for art projects. I think anything tactile is good for all of us. I totally agree with this sentiment. And as someone who lives smack dab in the middle of Silicon Valley, I am frequently rolling my eyes. HA!
My god 🤦♀️ of course they need to know how to use both digital & analog technologies KYLE. Never fails to amaze me what parents will argue about when they have no intention of actually helping with the project they’re dumping on. Good for you for not letting them get away with it!
Ugh, yes to all of this. Lots of people are always looking for shortcuts and I really worry about kids not being able to do anything as a result, lol. Teaching kids the violin gives me hope though. It’s an especially difficult instrument to start so they are already immersed in the lesson that it requires hard work, patience, and time to get anywhere.
"Also, who’s going to correct the autocorrector when it inserts a penis where a prius should be?" this made me laugh out loud in the coffee shop I'm currently sitting. ha ha ha
Also, this: "In a world that worships the next hot gadget or tool with which to do something more “efficiently”, I often find myself longing for the excruciatingly slow mid-August noons of my childhood, cicadas having a feast outside the balcony door, the apartment steeped in the exhausted, after-swim silence, propping my legs up the wall..." so good Elisa!
I love this piece and feel it deeply. There's something we can only access in ourselves when we take the long way to do it...some magic cannot be reached by a shortcut.
"what he thinks his own profession is based on: the immaculate conception of ideas and products..." 🤣 Honestly, Parent X just is condescending, so it was bound to bother you on some level. I mean, really, “We manage to develop better products every day, and people still like old products” factually is an exaggeration - there is no way they are literally developing better products every single day 🙄 please. It reminds me of when my MIL says with a straight face, “I always help everyone all the time.” She can’t understand why that’s factually impossible, and insists it’s true, even if she’s telling me this while I’m doing the dishes and she’s sitting there looking me right in the eye and not helping. 🤣
I’m with you, though, I really want my kids to view all types of learning as beneficial. Even if it’s “outdated” in some way, the value of exercising your brain with another form of study is always going to be productive.
"I don't see the use of" arguments are just so narrow-minded. Do they realize that the best way to become a better writer is to read, read often, and read very broadly? That the best way to be become an expert in a single subject is also to study broadly in your free time across other subjects? Human learning is at its peak when it’s performing synthesis, bringing lots of ideas and methods and disciplines to bear on some single subject. But that can be a bit lost on a lot of people unfortunately, and is a bit of a soap box for me personally 🤣
A bottle of wine I sell right now comes from a property where the vines only exist because a water witch found locations for water. I can tell my printer to print something, it can say it's connected to the internet and it can still decide to "not" (Que Office Space printer demolition montage.) Developing yeast for bread reminds me of how in Morocco I saw community based bakeries where people would develop dough at home and then bring it to the bakery to bake. It's a trap to think what's old is irrelevant. Tolkien didn't publish his first book until he was 45. 40 year old film cameras are going UP in price. That developer needs to slow his role, chill, and look at the big picture. Analog is community, analog is magic, analog in the digital age is irreverence and that will always be relevant.
I was deciding whether or not to subscribe and was SO TAKEN ABACK at the parents comment about « why should kids learn how to spell », as a teacher I was horrified! I love your reflections and the warmth in how you write, subscribed to follow along :)
This is why I still shoot film for photos. I want to be in charge, if that makes sense? I love my cell phone, and I have a very nice digital camera that I still use. I also own a typewriter and use it quite a bit for art projects. I think anything tactile is good for all of us. I totally agree with this sentiment. And as someone who lives smack dab in the middle of Silicon Valley, I am frequently rolling my eyes. HA!
My god 🤦♀️ of course they need to know how to use both digital & analog technologies KYLE. Never fails to amaze me what parents will argue about when they have no intention of actually helping with the project they’re dumping on. Good for you for not letting them get away with it!
Ugh, yes to all of this. Lots of people are always looking for shortcuts and I really worry about kids not being able to do anything as a result, lol. Teaching kids the violin gives me hope though. It’s an especially difficult instrument to start so they are already immersed in the lesson that it requires hard work, patience, and time to get anywhere.
"Also, who’s going to correct the autocorrector when it inserts a penis where a prius should be?" this made me laugh out loud in the coffee shop I'm currently sitting. ha ha ha
Also, this: "In a world that worships the next hot gadget or tool with which to do something more “efficiently”, I often find myself longing for the excruciatingly slow mid-August noons of my childhood, cicadas having a feast outside the balcony door, the apartment steeped in the exhausted, after-swim silence, propping my legs up the wall..." so good Elisa!
I love this piece and feel it deeply. There's something we can only access in ourselves when we take the long way to do it...some magic cannot be reached by a shortcut.
I couldn't agree more with all of this!!!! It's stunning to me that many people blithely trade their autonomy and agency away for 'convenience'.
"what he thinks his own profession is based on: the immaculate conception of ideas and products..." 🤣 Honestly, Parent X just is condescending, so it was bound to bother you on some level. I mean, really, “We manage to develop better products every day, and people still like old products” factually is an exaggeration - there is no way they are literally developing better products every single day 🙄 please. It reminds me of when my MIL says with a straight face, “I always help everyone all the time.” She can’t understand why that’s factually impossible, and insists it’s true, even if she’s telling me this while I’m doing the dishes and she’s sitting there looking me right in the eye and not helping. 🤣
I’m with you, though, I really want my kids to view all types of learning as beneficial. Even if it’s “outdated” in some way, the value of exercising your brain with another form of study is always going to be productive.
"I don't see the use of" arguments are just so narrow-minded. Do they realize that the best way to become a better writer is to read, read often, and read very broadly? That the best way to be become an expert in a single subject is also to study broadly in your free time across other subjects? Human learning is at its peak when it’s performing synthesis, bringing lots of ideas and methods and disciplines to bear on some single subject. But that can be a bit lost on a lot of people unfortunately, and is a bit of a soap box for me personally 🤣