Hollow Busyness
Copyright 2016 Don Ray
Copyright 2016 Don Ray
“Hollow busyness”. That is my new watchword summarizing modern
United States society. From the outside
the “hollow busyness” always looks like so much substance.
It always provides an answer to those inescapable questions “what did you do?”, “what are you doing?”, “what will you do?”, “what do you want to do?”, “what do you plan to do?” Woe be to those in modern consumer society who confess they did nothing and have no plans for doing something!
Outsiders cannot see past the perimeter of our lives into the hollowness at the core because of the obscuring surface whirlwind of activity, and we ourselves often as not are blinded by the dust and sand kicked up by our frantic busyness, our watering eyes unable to discern the relative merit and value of our frenetic activities, unaware of the real reasons for our tears.
Copyright 2016 Don Ray
It always provides an answer to those inescapable questions “what did you do?”, “what are you doing?”, “what will you do?”, “what do you want to do?”, “what do you plan to do?” Woe be to those in modern consumer society who confess they did nothing and have no plans for doing something!
Outsiders cannot see past the perimeter of our lives into the hollowness at the core because of the obscuring surface whirlwind of activity, and we ourselves often as not are blinded by the dust and sand kicked up by our frantic busyness, our watering eyes unable to discern the relative merit and value of our frenetic activities, unaware of the real reasons for our tears.
Copyright 2016 Don Ray
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