Mar 4, 06:22 pm
Overheard
This one took me a few weeks because I kept waiting to overhear a more interesting conversation. It never happened! I realized as I went through this that I tune out people in public. Perhaps it’s from too many years of working in a cubicle, too much noise in life in general, or general disinterest – but I definitely make a point to zone out.
The more I tried to hear something good, the more I became disenchanted with cell phone users. Much of the phone chatter seemed absurd to me. Very loud, meaningless, time/space-filling noise. Yakking for sport. The users were very DISengaged in the moment of both the call and real life. I have a cell phone and I use it….but this was a whole new level of awareness for me. So, this week I was working on some digital tutorials and thought I’d work this prompt into my digi-lesson. I PC-altered an old Happy Birthday postcard of a girl calling a guy to read
Just Called To:
1. Talk about nothing
2. Practice my yelling skills
3. Annoy everyone around me
4. Create needless noise and chaos
5. Ask if you can hear me now?
I handwrote my journaling about the experience on the floral dotted lines. I like how it buzzes and whirls about.
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