The need to Crash
"It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something..."
This is the opening line of the new movie CRASH, which I totally loved. It was a movie that really delved into difference, stereotypes, and really makes you reflect on your own personal bias... so go see it.
But for me, the opening line of the movie hit home.
I think that we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other, just so that we can feel something.
It got me thinking, are we really disconnected?
Are we lots of people walking around in the world, with surface level interactions?
How often do we actually build meaningful relationships these days?
Is it just me? Is it working in a company? Is it because I travel so much? Is it a self-protection mechanism?
Sometimes I feel like I know so many people, but I really know no-one.
And, who REALLY knows me?
I mean the deep meaty me.
The fears, the joys, the .... everything.
Do I not invest the time with the people that matter?
Am I becoming a player in the 'surface level' interaction society?
Every Monday night we have these drinks at a local pub, and I was talking with a friend the other day that we can spend hours and hours, talking with people but not REALLY talking with people.
Who do we REALLY talk too?
Do we miss the intensity of human interactions?
Do we miss the need for crashing, so to say?
It's funny actually.
When I first arrived in Amsterdam, I put across the trainee list a 'LIFE NIGHT' advertisement. I wanted to get a group of people together to talk about deeper things, share more personal experiences.
You know what, I got over 2o people who wanted to come.
'Maz I miss this.... I miss deeper connection'
Do we want a mega crash?
Ahhh... really reflective at the moment.
Writing in a torrent of Maziness...
This is the opening line of the new movie CRASH, which I totally loved. It was a movie that really delved into difference, stereotypes, and really makes you reflect on your own personal bias... so go see it.
But for me, the opening line of the movie hit home.
I think that we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other, just so that we can feel something.
It got me thinking, are we really disconnected?
Are we lots of people walking around in the world, with surface level interactions?
How often do we actually build meaningful relationships these days?
Is it just me? Is it working in a company? Is it because I travel so much? Is it a self-protection mechanism?
Sometimes I feel like I know so many people, but I really know no-one.
And, who REALLY knows me?
I mean the deep meaty me.
The fears, the joys, the .... everything.
Do I not invest the time with the people that matter?
Am I becoming a player in the 'surface level' interaction society?
Every Monday night we have these drinks at a local pub, and I was talking with a friend the other day that we can spend hours and hours, talking with people but not REALLY talking with people.
Who do we REALLY talk too?
Do we miss the intensity of human interactions?
Do we miss the need for crashing, so to say?
It's funny actually.
When I first arrived in Amsterdam, I put across the trainee list a 'LIFE NIGHT' advertisement. I wanted to get a group of people together to talk about deeper things, share more personal experiences.
You know what, I got over 2o people who wanted to come.
'Maz I miss this.... I miss deeper connection'
Do we want a mega crash?
Ahhh... really reflective at the moment.
Writing in a torrent of Maziness...
3 Comments:
Vega had a similar musing too: http://vegachang.nomadlife.org/2005/11/are-we-too-old-to-make-close-friends.aspx
I'm not too social a person at parties or at uni because I prefer to consolidate the friendships I have. It can be difficult staying in contact with friends and catching up with them regularly in person or on the phone.
As time goes on, life gets more 'complicated'. You have a partner, you travel, you work, you have bills etc. And before you know it, you realise you must take the time off to pause and reflect.
It depends on your interpretation of connections and interactions and if you feel comfortable sharing.
When i first read this posting... i pictured Maz just randomly crashing into people while walking down the street ahahahahahaha
hmmm i made an effort not to fall into that. I can't survive unless I have deeper conversations with people. And luckily i've been able to find people in Denmark that I can talk to like that.
But Maz, when i'm in Amsterdam we can book a whole day and ponder the meaning of life or why there's that little hole in plastic pens or how do you pronounce the Vietnamese surname Ng ... the things we ponder
- Vivi
vivi@zenithspace.com
Lil babe... thanks for Vegas link.
Sometimes it just hits me, you know.
I also agree it depends... what type of connections, and with who?
Some stay, others go.
ahh...
Vivi babe... lets definately ponder over some wine when you are in town...
that pen question has been nagging me for years!!
Love ya both,
Hugs Maz xx
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