I’m one of those people obsessed with the past. I have an old soul. I am nostalgic.
Discontent with how things are today. Nothing feels real. As a whole, we have lost a certain human quality that many people are desperately and compulsively looking to salvage.
Can you think of anything you bought new in the past 10 years that you would want to hand down to your children / grandchildren?
My computer, camera, and cell phone are the most expensive things I own. They will be junk within 10 years. More like 5.
Even my favorite bought-new things that have a lot of sentimental value are junk. I don’t know how long they will last. And it worries me. How are we supposed to preserve anything from our generation?
Most of our books, movies, music and news will soon be all electronic. Not tangible. Not unique and treasured. Easily altered or erased. Orwell warned us.
Planned Obsolescence is ruining our opportunity to have any substantial record of this time period. Because now, everything disappears just as instantly as it arrived. We don’t have to save money for what we want. And it’s cheaper to throw it away rather than fix it. The result is that for the common person, their Urban Outfitters dress or clock from Target are far from treasured family heirlooms. Nothing can be truly earned if it is so accessible, and cannot be valued if it is more beneficial to throw it away.
Too much, too fast. What happens next? Will people 100 years from now be shopping in an antique store for plastic McDonalds toys?
I know these are just material possessions, but when everything becomes electronic or disposable, our history can be erased just as quickly.
I apologize for my jumbled thoughts, I’m trying to say something that I’m having trouble articulating
I enjoyed reading this. I also dig the Kodachrome! In regards to the film, it’s sad how film photography is damn near extinct nowadays. There are only a handful of places you can even get film developed, and even then, most of them can’t cross process or develop anything other than your standard 35mm!