Putting your money where ...
I think it was graffiti in the subway, but it might have been a bumper sticker.
Whichever, I distinctly recall that the last time I visited New York, about twenty
years ago, I was particularly impressed with one particular slogan I encountered.
I may have the wording slightly wrong, but the idea was quite clear:
The most revolutionary act one can do in New York is
to leave.
Of course the question then became whether the person who had scrawled this on
the subway wall had actually left, or was continuing to suffer, while "agitating"
from within, sacrificing his or herself for the cause of convincing others to
leave - and of course visiting museums, attending the opera, frequenting jazz
clubs while doing so. In a similar manner, though the "proper" solution
to the continually ballooning amount of information should perhaps be to refuse
to post anything new, instead of a moratorium on posting, many of us are simply
compounding the problem by writing about it.
What I've come to call the Judean Desert metaphor, first referred to here
eight years ago, though alluded to as a general
idea almost eleven years ago, seems fitting here.
I first heard this "explanation" from one of Israel's better known tour guides many years before I encountered the
internet. He explained to us why
the Judean Desert was such a desirable place for monks seeking enlightenment:
The desert, though truly a desert, is only a short distance from Jerusalem, meaning
that you can get your enlightenment during the day, but get back home in time
for dinner, and to tell your friends about your experience.
Go to: Holding on / Letting go.