an amazing pic ht Matt Rees
Matt questions whether technology is blocking us from the reality of the experience ("Why experience the moment when you can be looking at a rendering of the moment on a tiny screen while taking a crappy photo") I guess we get used to looking at the world in digital (I found myself asking the same question in Africa last year - whilst viewing everything through the camera or video) and we want to record and share the experience... going back to my previous post, we now want to share the experience in the moment, not just afterwards, we want to make our feelings/opinions known, we want to know how others are seeing the same event... so I guess there's the paradox - we are in danger of losing something of the reality of the moment by experiencing it through the digital lens but at the same time we gain from the simultaneous perspectives of others.
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I felt the same when i was in Israel in 2000- i only had a camera... but i found myself not taking many pictures, because it would pull from what i was doing IN that moment. In reflection, it was more about memory and sharing it where people could see where and when... it's kinda like hitting the "pause" button to record... but it pulls from the spontaneity. Kinda like a annoying commercial in the middle of a awesome movie. Ok, just my thoughts... and yes, when i wander thru folks blogs.. i tend to comment. blessings, cat
Posted by: cathryn Thomas | 24/01/2009 at 02:29