Twice i’ve flown into Chicago this week and twice i’ve flown out, having paid less attention to Chicago itself than its rich suburbs. To my surprise, i even recognized the gas station upon the second entrance and knew where we were in the flight landing pattern. I am in a complete state of awe concerning America. To see suburbia through a aerial perspective is just mindblowing – the thought and consideration that went into rows and rows of identical homes in the idyllically planned suburban community. It’s just a desire that i cannot truly comprehend – i am in awe.
This morning, i encountered Koyaanisqatsi. This movie realizes all of the awe that i felt on that plane, showing the emotional struggle between the beauty and absurdity of American life. Life out of balance.
Yes, is is a great film. Makes you see the world in a new way, with new eyes.
its the 1950s all over again… let the conservative mind numbing injections begin… i just don’t understand the allure of the mass subdivisions but history must always repeat itself, only instead of the televisions of the 1950s it is the digital communications (soon to be monopolized once again) of today.
Heee…I loved Koyaanisqatsi too, and I agree..suburbia rubs me the wrong way. I can understand the urge, as an engineer, to demand a planned settlement that is within our control…But I can never understand the urge to ever give in to it.
Wonder if our primitive ancestors faced the same problem when they built the first settlements in the jungle?