Last night I was invited by a friend to go and watch the new Blade Runner movie. After lots of hype and years after the original I was pretty excited to see it.
It turned out to be visually stunning. To match that a beautiful score. It was a really good movie. And as someone who doesn’t really go to the movies that often it was a really very nice way to spend a Friday evening.
I find it very interesting that a great deal of the film’s made of how humanities future will be are similar. Dystopian, robots taking control, heavy rain. These ideas are pervasive. They spread through our culture, it kind of like norms being set even before they are considered likely. A sort of drip feed them an idea and it’ll all be ok. A world of mega cities. Most of human kind working for the betterment of a few. Hmm sounds like the world we currently live in. Alas.
Afterwards we chatted about the film and then went into some deeply interesting conversations. Topics such as Aliens, consciousness, morality, the threat of violence in modern society. It was really refreshing to be able to talk these conversations through. I don’t usually have an opportunity. As our conversation came to a close around 0100. I walked over to help the girls close the bar as I’d been in the park chatting. It’s getting cooler here now. Noticeable both during the day and night.
Fast forward to this morning. I awake in the van after retiring the hammock for the winter. It too cool for it now as when you lie in a hammock you compress any insulation underneath you. Now I know I could get a under quilt. Alas I’ve opted for my camp mat. Which as I crawled into bed last night I’d totally forgotten how comfortable it was. Anyway, I need a new pillow as the one I’d been using is a little damp and I’d imagine that being the case most likely not that good for my overall health. Stretching done I grabbed my bike and headed to the shopping center near me.
It was awash with people. All types, shapes and sizes. All out there buying this bull shit and that bullshit. I was minding my own business when the weight of all of the commercialism hit me. You see these people are all buying these things to make them feel better. More shoes, hats, a different winter this or that. After the conversations I was having last night in regard to the vox populi I felt it rather heavy and had to get the fuck out of there.
The thing is you see, I feel totally disconnected and out of place with those people. I am an outsider, uncomfortable in the world in which we have built. Trying my best to fit in and fit a mold. I’m not content with that. This troubles me. I suppose I hold myself to a higher standard. Not to say that I am better than anyone I want to make that clear. But I am not like you.
Anyway
I am going for a ride.
I am going for a ride 