When the world at your fingertips makes you miss the world around you, it’s time to rediscover how to be spontaneous
I watched the little blue dot on my iPhone approach the yellow square labeled Musée d’Orsay. That blue dot – that is, I – hovered amid a dozen red pins marking the restaurants and cafés I knew I needed to try, because the internet said so.
When I reached the Musée d’Orsay, the line to buy tickets wound on forever. I moved to take a step toward the line, but a woman trying to get the perfect selfie cut me off. I offered to take a photo of her with the museum in the background and she looked at me curiously – why on Earth would she want that? – before twisting her selfie stick into position. I took another step forward, but my elbows were already slippery with sweat; I was uncomfortable and uninspired and suddenly had no desire to wait half an hour in the steamy weather to stare at some paintings I had already seen on Google Images.
Continue reading...
No comments:
Post a Comment