You've heard all the very good reasons before but I especially like this one from Kurt Vonnegut:
Oh, she says well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is, is we're here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And, we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.
Kurt Vonnegut 2005
Just popping out...
Tags for Forum Posts: shop local
Oh I love it - dancing animals! Exactly, we are born to move and interact, not to stare at screens.
Anyone who has ever seen my bookshelves knows that Kurt Vonnegut's influence on my thinking can't be underestimated. Between him and Robert Tressell, the foundations for my future self were laid.
All books discovered in my local public library...what parent was going to buy a book called Slaughterhouse 5 for their teenage daughter's birthday in the 1980s?
Smooth, very smooth Mr K. But you know different...
Well Liz, I had no idea of these shared but hidden depths. I too have half a dozen Vonnegut books including naturally, "Breakfast of Champions". I liked very much the figure of Kilgour Trout who wades across a creek to reach a local arts festival but crosses downstream of a chemical works and gets his legs coated in plastic.
My fav Vonnegut Jr is 'Player piano' - When Vonnegut was interviewd about his last novel he was asked whether he had lost some of his bite in his writing: 'Go dig up motzart, see how he's getting on'. He replied.
© 2024 Created by Hugh. Powered by
© Copyright Harringay Online Created by Hugh