Here I am again, fresh from last week’s Digital Sabbatical. Last night was a magic one too: I was in Perugia (Italy) for a reading, with a friend of mine. We played great music, ambient, post rock and experimental pieces, nice sounds and lots of amazing thoughts by well-known writers such as Henry Miller and Charles Bukowski. It was fantastic!
I sense that things keep getting clearer and clearer when you watch them from a different perspective. During last week I have been walking along the Italian seaside, soaking my feet in the wonderful sea. Also, amazing things happened: I met wonderful people, sharing with them some thought or just a quick glance. I am pleased to know that there is always something more than technology. There is something more to live and expect out of life.
Sometimes I sense life’s only a TV show in which we choose to be spectators or actors. To put it in Bill Hicks’ words, you can simply enjoy the ride, or you can aim for the bigger picture.
Staying away from computers
It made me feel more and more aware we need to create distance.
We need to create space in our lives for what it’s really worth living. We need to be unproductive when we need some rest. In the end, it is wonderful to enjoy the space we’ve created with technology.
That’s what I’ve been doing. This is what I’m doing just right now. Create. Create content for your life. Create content for someone else’s life. Create content which makes you shiver. I don’t care what it is. Just one rule: you must love it. Quoting Port-royal, We need disconnected love for our disconnected lives.
Don’t forget disconnecting this week! I will personally disconnect from the web one or two days during this week.