“Reading 'King Midas' with my son...
A story about a king who was granted one wish by Zeus and wished for all he touched to turn to gold.
After deliberately trialling his newfound power on nature, it wasn't until his daughter was accidentally turned into a golden statue that he wanted the spell reversed.
The destruction newfound technology and our ideas however marvellous they may be causes, when wistfully applied, is not just some byproduct of ill-thought out desires that we can call on some invisible force to reverse, unfortunately; the story is symbolic of our impending death, and the waste we leave behind with our never ending chase of the latest thing or buzz. Always wanting the best or better, or to have more "convenience" to keep up with the modern times...
Family, friends, animals, insects, our food will all be rendered to the ether if we fail to discover and appropriately weaponise our findings for our betterment.
I read something today that had me considering if all you do is win, then when do you learn?
I'm still thinking about that piece and a recent interaction with
@garnglobal and
@piedmontenviron and how deeply entrenched we are in the normality of waste on a whim.”
- credit:
@JMG_Worldwide
ALT Picture of the inside of a children’s story book called King Midas.