Am I the only one who feels this way... That we are getting so caught up with technology and progress that we find it hard to stay human? That we rush through our lives, rush through our jobs, doing what we are told, doing what keeps us busy?
Just now I filled in a contract for my job. True this is an unusual case, as it is in Japan and my Japanese girlfriend helped. There was an element of fun about that. But the same feeling remains- okay, I can see the need for a record of my details- I can see the point of it all. Yet I feel that life is so often reduced to these technicalities. Perhaps I am a little cynical- but I sometimes feel it is all so... Impersonal. So cold. Not the job itself, but the gateways to it- the need to keep on good terms with college's, often the need to water-down or disguise our real personalities.
Where has all the meaning gone?
Where is all the passion, the poetry, the drama?
Is this the price of safety and security?
I find paperwork pretty much a frustrating hassle. I get no joy from it. Remember the scene in Terry killings masterful Brazil, in which the poor office clerk is stuck with an endless stream of paper. Well this is the feeling I get, too, from even the smallest bit of paperwork!
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