I took a walk during lunch today, trying to find a moment of inspiration. I crossed across a field and ended up on some old un-used railroad tracks.
As I scooted along remembering the good ol days when we put penny's and quarters on the track. I came across a railroad spike. Initially I picked it up with intent to collect, then my mind shifted gears. I recalled the old tall tale, in which a man by the name of John Henry went against the machine, hammering endlessly away. In the end he won against the machine only to keel over in a heart attack.
This story is significant in many ways. We will spend the rest of our lives attached to technology. Even as I am typing this story I am using it to get to you all. I fear that we will all grow old and die, but not without being a slave to the system. It encompasses every aspect of our lives. Imagine life if John Henry would have had the time to take his hammer to the machine.....
P.s. On a side note I left the spike behind with intent that someone one day would walk the same steps as I and take a similar photograph.
No comments:
Post a Comment