Great essay. I’m turning 40 next month and have been considering how to turn a celebration into something more then just another bonfire with bourbon. I’ve been thinking of having some creative aspect and this was very encouraging! ✨
When I was a business consultant and went to dinner - I would only allow people to come with me if they turned their phones off.
I was pretty nuts but people actualy appreciated the control and the change to talk.
What would always happen would be someone would want to know something and say “Oh Ill just look it up…” and I would say…. “ Lets just not know for now…”
It was pretty painful sometimes…
But served to show how addicted to instantly knowing people were.
I've been feeling this way a lot lately. Covid really put a damper my social circle's ability to throw together a dinner party, a porch hang, any kind of casual gathering that would make it easy to share ideas and yes, perhaps some poetry. We absolutely must make phones uncool. You're so right.
for these very reasons, I plan to exhibit my quintains as framed prints in a bar or cafe once I've found the right venue (and if oxford crowds aren't sympathetic to poetry in public, no crowds will be).
the contemporary poetry world is an echo chamber soundproofed with the emperor's new clothes; I prefer to cut out all the middlemen and have my poems sink or swim in the open. it might not be a success, but at least I'll have tried
These are the two main pieces to my project. Digital and in-person. I wasn't planning on coming out with anything about the in-person aspect just yet bit your comment motivated me :)
Great essay. I’m turning 40 next month and have been considering how to turn a celebration into something more then just another bonfire with bourbon. I’ve been thinking of having some creative aspect and this was very encouraging! ✨
That's great to hear.
Im a no phone legend.
EVerything is done on my computer like its 2001
When I was a business consultant and went to dinner - I would only allow people to come with me if they turned their phones off.
I was pretty nuts but people actualy appreciated the control and the change to talk.
What would always happen would be someone would want to know something and say “Oh Ill just look it up…” and I would say…. “ Lets just not know for now…”
It was pretty painful sometimes…
But served to show how addicted to instantly knowing people were.
I've been feeling this way a lot lately. Covid really put a damper my social circle's ability to throw together a dinner party, a porch hang, any kind of casual gathering that would make it easy to share ideas and yes, perhaps some poetry. We absolutely must make phones uncool. You're so right.
for these very reasons, I plan to exhibit my quintains as framed prints in a bar or cafe once I've found the right venue (and if oxford crowds aren't sympathetic to poetry in public, no crowds will be).
the contemporary poetry world is an echo chamber soundproofed with the emperor's new clothes; I prefer to cut out all the middlemen and have my poems sink or swim in the open. it might not be a success, but at least I'll have tried
I like it!
Well! Quite a lot of gauntlets being thrown down around here lately, sir! First the manifesto—and now this! But I am basically in agreement with you.
These are the two main pieces to my project. Digital and in-person. I wasn't planning on coming out with anything about the in-person aspect just yet bit your comment motivated me :)
100% on all points.
Fantastic.
They appreciated the control because you were a gracious "host," I imagine.
Phone cops are very uncool.