our screen consciousness

the ephemeral world of the screen

there must be consequences to how we use our mind,

to how and where we focus our attention:

nature and the physical universe draw me

so that I can know the womb out of which we are born,

meditation draws me so that I can ground myself

and be less like the flitting eyes of a paranoid bird,

I wonder what our screens do to us?

those two dimensional worlds which serve as portal

to others, to knowledge, to the realness of the virtual,

our commitment to hardware and software, only temporary,

for our relationships with a computer, a phone, a platform

are abruptly subject to change,

to an itch that certainly can’t make it 7 years,

maybe 7 months before we hope for the new,

I do not even want to wait a few seconds on the computer

for windows to open,

what does it do to us to be so yoked

to the ephemeral world of the screen?

by Henry H. Walker

November 9, ’13
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