2004-05-11
rural/urban - suburban | On Sunday, while I was painting along Wisshickon Creek, I got into a conversation with a young man in the Coast Guard, stationed in Philadelphia | We talked of how it may be best to live either in the wilderness or amidst the bustle of a large city | On one end, you are intouch with nature and the planet's life force | On the other, presumably surrounded by museums, libraries, places of learning and commerce - a vast exchange of ideas and thought can occur | We both agreed, albeit in the spirit of good humor, that suburbs should be illegal | Stutification of thought, homogenization of ideas, isolation from reality and a vast wasteland unconnected to anything real ...except, the fascination for game shows, "reality" television and the mistaken notion that an SUV is a "light truck" |
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