Too much sunshine
Don´t worry. I would probably be the last one to start complaining about an overdose of sunshine. Especially if you live in a country where the sun is said not to show itself that often. And even more if you have to deal with raindrops all the time. But that is like it usually is. That is the average. And we all know that the average is just a figure. We all know the average is something that just never is, a plastic doll in the middle of an endless variety of difference.
So there is no sunshine overdose. Even if I tend to start asking questions. We all know about global warming, we all know about the ozone-layer, we all have seen documentaries on how the earth will look like in a decennium from now and we all know we should not be moving to Amsterdam or Venice due to danger of high water. But as all people, just knowing how it is does not seem to be enough. We are a peculiar kind of living beings: somebody tells you something, you might believe it, but as long as you do not really sense it, as long as you do not really experience it, it´s just something. It´s living in the void, it´s there without really being there.
The way too early summer, way too high temperatures, and way too little amount of rain seems to bring us to reality. We already knew we have a problem, but we seem to be realizing we really have a problem. Politically, socially, psychologically.
It´s time. Or better: it was time. Let´s start doing something about it.
So there is no sunshine overdose. Even if I tend to start asking questions. We all know about global warming, we all know about the ozone-layer, we all have seen documentaries on how the earth will look like in a decennium from now and we all know we should not be moving to Amsterdam or Venice due to danger of high water. But as all people, just knowing how it is does not seem to be enough. We are a peculiar kind of living beings: somebody tells you something, you might believe it, but as long as you do not really sense it, as long as you do not really experience it, it´s just something. It´s living in the void, it´s there without really being there.
The way too early summer, way too high temperatures, and way too little amount of rain seems to bring us to reality. We already knew we have a problem, but we seem to be realizing we really have a problem. Politically, socially, psychologically.
It´s time. Or better: it was time. Let´s start doing something about it.
1 comment:
i'm with you there (and hello. i'm back.) here in victoria, we're having one of the worst droughts in history. our water restriction level is very high. our showers are not allowed to exceed 3-minutes, and there are two hour windows twice a week where we are allowed to water our gardens (even numbered houses on one day, odd numbered houses on another). people now keep buckets in their showers so excess water can be reused for gardens or washing. so called grey-water, like water from washing machines, is also now being recycled. it's a new world. and even then, people have a hard time waking up.
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