the dawn of seperateness
As I find myself, a full 24 hours with my phone turned off, not wanting to press the flat, rectangular power button on, I am flooded with emotion, what if I just left it off? I don't think any of us realize how tied we are to our technological devices, unless we've truly taken the time to study our relationship with it, and consciously decided to 'take space'; much like we do from the human relationships we're not sure are serving us any longer. In early December, I decided it was time for something to change, I needed a shift in awareness, I desired a better relationship with my phone, I wanted to be free. I, like I'm sure many of you, was noticing my short-term memory was becoming non-existent, I couldn't hold onto something for longer than two minutes, I was forgetting appointments and meetings that I didn't put in my iCal, avoiding 'awkward' elevator connection by pulling out my phone and keeping my eyes down, pulling
