Friday, September 26, 2014

Over the Weekend Assignment - Simplicity

In the modern era we live in, information is shot around in every direction all the time.  Everyone is in a constant rush to know everything with very little down time to relax in.  Nothing is simple anymore; everything has to bigger, better, more complex and do more things.  The video I watched, called Once Upon a Honeymoon from 1956, made me rethink the hustle and bustle of our current society.  In the story, one of the characters had to write a song on a piano before he could go on his honeymoon and unfortunately he hit a writer’s block.  The character struggles all day to come up with a creative piece until his wife starts to dial a phone number.  The random clicking of the numbers she was selecting were enough to inspire the man to write a great piece.  His inspiration came from such a simple concept, something I feel most people today would not appreciate.  The average person today does not appreciate the simple little things in life anymore.  They are too preoccupied with the bigger and better things technology has to offer that they forget to calm down and just relax with the modest idea of simplicity.  I believe society would be a less agitated place if we, even for a moment, forgot the hustle and bustle around us and just focused on the little things in life.  This video shows how something extremely simple in our lives can have an extremely positive effect.  The modern day person, especially the younger generation, needs to take a step back and enjoy the small things in life to be able to relax.  The video does a great job at demonstrating how people need to sometimes forget the big things in their life and instead let the little things show them everything is going to be alright.   

https://archive.org/details/OnceUpon1956    

1 comment:

Unknown said...

This video was not at all what I was expecting! But nonetheless I completely agree with your argument about it. While the video was interesting I got the same feeling of how business and the corporate world (even back then) can really interfere with your personal life. You're explanation about "not appreciating the simple little things in life" is spot on. I think that with all the accessible technology and all the stress of school and work and other activities we really do lose ourselves in the mix and don't take the time to stop and smell the roses enough.