Just read the story "The Elephant Vanishes" by Haruki Murakami in his short story collection. One of the points he raises is the manner in which superficiality has pervaded everyday conversations so people no longer know how to communicate beyond the shallow and mundane. We have "markers ... to follow" and unconscious borders that ensure conversations do not move beyond talking about dressing, rents, jobs and mundane news events. In an ultra technocratic modernised world overly concerned with maintaining balance and orderliness, the consequence is an imbalance of perception - of perceiving value in the useless and not finding value in the 'useless'.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Elephant Vanishes
Just read the story "The Elephant Vanishes" by Haruki Murakami in his short story collection. One of the points he raises is the manner in which superficiality has pervaded everyday conversations so people no longer know how to communicate beyond the shallow and mundane. We have "markers ... to follow" and unconscious borders that ensure conversations do not move beyond talking about dressing, rents, jobs and mundane news events. In an ultra technocratic modernised world overly concerned with maintaining balance and orderliness, the consequence is an imbalance of perception - of perceiving value in the useless and not finding value in the 'useless'.
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