Everyday we spend with our smartphones/computers that can do almost everything: find all information about the dinosaurs or how to make the best cookie in the world, or how to solve an equation…wait, do we actually use these functions? I think, most of our digital time we spend on texting and/or entertaining. Luckily, Ed-Ventures 2015 had to change our lives. The idea sounded “easy”: we read “Awaken” by Katie Kacvinsky, and tried to be more non-digital. To help us, our advisors took away our phones for almost 4 days! Firstly, that sounded so terrible for all of us, especially for me.
Pictures. We use our cameras/smartphones/other devices to “capture” the moment, to share the beauty, to inspire. But do we actually enjoy the moment?
You probably will answer: yes, of course, and that’s why I take pictures, because I enjoy it! Well, I thought the same way before Ed-Ventures. In past few years, my eyes became the “lens” and that was the only thing that I was thinking about in every beautiful place: “Wow, it is so cool, so I need to take a picture immediately and share in Facebook/Instagram/etc.”. I have a feeling of beauty and pleasure for a few seconds before I take my picture. Click! After taking a picture, I work in photoshop to make it “more original” (seriously?). This is how I usually spend my remaining time in this beautiful place...So, basically, what I do is change the real picture and the real moment. I feel happy at that moment, but after a few months or maybe years, I totally do not remember my “few seconds feeling;” I just look at the picture and think: yes, it is beautiful, but I want to know how it was in real life. I do not remember the freshness of air, the vastness of space --I do not remember anything. I skipped the moment and I was not there… but well, I have a picture. Do you know what I am saying? Do you feel the same? If not, you are lucky.
If you feel addicted to digital life, I think you and I should change some things. Of course, we have to limit your online/plugged time, try to spend more time with people and things that you love, but the main purpose for me now is To Enjoy The Moment.
By Jane M.
source: inspiration from Katie Kacvinsky :)
Pictures. We use our cameras/smartphones/other devices to “capture” the moment, to share the beauty, to inspire. But do we actually enjoy the moment?
You probably will answer: yes, of course, and that’s why I take pictures, because I enjoy it! Well, I thought the same way before Ed-Ventures. In past few years, my eyes became the “lens” and that was the only thing that I was thinking about in every beautiful place: “Wow, it is so cool, so I need to take a picture immediately and share in Facebook/Instagram/etc.”. I have a feeling of beauty and pleasure for a few seconds before I take my picture. Click! After taking a picture, I work in photoshop to make it “more original” (seriously?). This is how I usually spend my remaining time in this beautiful place...So, basically, what I do is change the real picture and the real moment. I feel happy at that moment, but after a few months or maybe years, I totally do not remember my “few seconds feeling;” I just look at the picture and think: yes, it is beautiful, but I want to know how it was in real life. I do not remember the freshness of air, the vastness of space --I do not remember anything. I skipped the moment and I was not there… but well, I have a picture. Do you know what I am saying? Do you feel the same? If not, you are lucky.
If you feel addicted to digital life, I think you and I should change some things. Of course, we have to limit your online/plugged time, try to spend more time with people and things that you love, but the main purpose for me now is To Enjoy The Moment.
By Jane M.
source: inspiration from Katie Kacvinsky :)