Rituals of Embodiness
em-body: to represent (something) in a clear and obvious way : to be a symbol or example of (something)
em·bod·iedem·body·ing: to give a body to (a spirit) a : to deprive of spirituality
While reading this text all i could do is nod my head in agreement. This article was great. I do agree with the writer. Everything me do now a days we only do because it is convenient. People used to do things with barely any help of technology. In his article he states "It’s a far cry from pulling your chair closer to the fire. Whether it’s central heating or the App Store, we trade control for convenience. We just want our stuff to work, which means that we want it to do what we want it to do, when we want it done.",which is nothing but the truth. We are so caught up in making even the simplest things we come across in our everyday lives just a little easier, for what? Because we're lazy? Because we want to be up-to-date with all new technology. These material things we talk to everyday are doing the thinking for us. We need to be in control of our lives and do at least the little things, even if they are not the fastest was of doing it, you never know what you will gain.
My Real Car
This was the cutest little story with a big point. Just like Rituals of Embodiness, the woman talks about an object that was probably not the most convenient thing in the world but it got the job done, even if that meant a little manual work. The object in the story is her car. She says how she pretty much wore it out in those 20 years. But how she still loved it.
The whole point of this I believe is that even the smallest things have the most value. Like the man in Rituals of Embodiness and his morning coffee, or the woman in My Real Car and her old, but spiritual valuable car.
I agree with your main points to Rituals of Embodiednes and My Real Car. I can connect to both these essays because my grandparents use a coffee machine every morning to kick start their day as the person does in Rituals of Embodiedness until he realizes that technology today makes us lazier. What caught my attention is how accurate these both are, it is definitely something worth realizing how we do things in our daily lives. I don’t see the big problem for doing things with your hands and mind. It calms us down to enjoy it at that moment have gives us something to do rather than just stand and wait for it to finish when we could do it ourselves. As soon as one thing malfunctions or doesn’t work the way the person want it to, it is automatically tossed and replaced with a newer expensive version.
ReplyDeleteWith My Real Car she comes in context with the Rituals of Embodiednes because why throw something away that gets the job done right to you. Everyone sees it as a piece of old junk and not useful but she sees it as something valuable. It took her where she needed to go it got the job done. She got to know her car eventually listening to every rumble and jingle of the engine. She kept it even after she got a new car. She didn’t throw it away, she fixes the car when it needed to be fixed she listened to whatever needed to be fixed; this connects to the first essay because they both listen and do things through their hands and mind. It is not hard to simply do things physically instead of let technology take control