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RE: Discouraged by that Flatline Feeling: Longing for True Community

in #blog8 years ago

I swear, this stuff comes and goes in cycles... sometimes I wonder if the whole world feels it, but most are too wrapped up in running on their hamster wheels to notice.

I gauge my inner barometer by how "attractive" it looks to move to somewhere like Tristan da Cunha or Jan Mayen... which is perhaps the opposite manifestation of what you're experiencing: wanting to get the fuck away from everything and everyone.

But getting back on point here, I think our digital worlds have a way of removing us from hands-on community. Sure we have this sense of "belonging" to something like a Steemit, or an anarchist virtual community... but it's NOT picking up a shovel and digging in the dirt to build a community garden. As part of a greater trend, I run a small alternative art gallery, and I am watching some "digital backlash" happening, in the form of people more and more wanting to MAKE ART... not tap on a screen or keyboard, but hold pencils and brushes in their hands. Maybe that's part of what you're feeling, too... just speculating, though.

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more and more wanting to MAKE ART... not tap on a screen or keyboard, but hold pencils and brushes in their hands. Maybe that's part of what you're feeling, too... just speculating, though.

That's definitely part of it, and I often wonder if there aren't shifts in collective consciousness worldwide as well. Anyway, thanks for your comment. Glad I'm not alone in feeling this.