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:
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.
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