maybe it is harder to cope nowadays because we are doing more (labour intensive, stressful, non-creative) work and less (rewarding, thought provoking, creative, innately human) activities. look towards the animals, as small as ants and as large as elephants, they are making things. permanent things, not in a way that is detrimental, but in a way that embellishes and advances the world. maybe repetition can be beautiful. we spend a large amount of time consuming as a society and not as much time creating for ourselves. even now, as i write i think about the views or likes, clicks, comments that i will receive. and it isn’t particularly bad to consume, i just feel it is relating to the amount of time dished out to either thing: consuming and creating. i like to take it slow, though my mind runs away from me quite often.
