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We no doubt live in a wealthy country, and one that sets us up to be consumers. We buy. That's what were tempted, trained, and corralled to do.
The square footage of homes increases as families grow smaller, and who hasn't heard about the amount of average debt that people hold? (Somewhere around $6,600.00 is the median for credit card debt.) We have learned how live luxurious lives. It's a competition out there. Who feels safe in their Ford when parking next to Jaguars, BMW's, and $60,000.00 Humvee?
This concerns me in that I feel as a cow raised to soon become a plate of Veal. I've been cornered in to become fat, and to keep me from any sort of work. Save? I'll just apply that money to a monthly payment so I can have it now.
I'm a consumer. I was raised that way in an American world where holding a large amount of debt is the norm. I need a bigger house, a better car, newer clothes, and great bed to gain proper rest. With the leftovers of my paycheck I'll help some charitable organization. (Quite contrary from those ancient biblical days of giving the best, and first of my earnings.) And, thus continues my walk upon the beaten, and mundane path of life.
From a Jones Soda bottle cap I read a quote, "Miss the bus on purpose." At this point I think I'll be trying to jump off this train, miss that bus, and make an attempt to hold off from these needed luxuries.
The local news was reporting this morning that an Italian town is offering to pay individuals cash to lose weight. I don't like to be a bleeding heart missionary talking only about starving children, but does this not seem disgusting to anyone? I don't use such a word to describe it casually. The idea that people who cannot keep the food from their mouth on their own account, lest they be paid, while there are individuals who will make less than what they will be paid by their town.
As much as I hate to state the well known fact that people will starve, this is the only thing that seems to combat such an idea as "good" for the mere fact of it's irony.
Anyways, that's my soapbox. Here's a link if you would like to read about it. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_on_he_me/paid_to_diet
This looks like a very interesting documentary.http://www.thedevilcameonhorseback.com/
With rolls, and rolls of film in my hand, I step out to use some of these films for the first time. Eager expectation, and excitement for the hopeful shots that await me in the higher mountains of Idaho. This Saturday I'll alas be making my way up the well known road to Cascade to meet with friends, and we will all embark upon a journey to The Sawtooth Mountain Range. It's been well over a year since I've been up in the mountains, and going on a good two since I've been able to make a trip like this. In my hope to have some time to consider my future, I will be seeking as to where my photography will take me. How much of my life will I devote to this? Will it be a career, or just a tool? The competition for photography is thick, and the pay is generally pretty lousy for the work and skill that it requires. I'll seeking this while setting my camera up in hopes of capturing the light well enough to paint this experience.
©Copyright Darnell K. L.
Weightman 2007
