For his last installation about the future, I made a 'currency converter' out of an eyelash curler, gum pick, and a flashlight.
October 19th, 2013, 5pm
It was 16.7°C with scattered clouds. The wind was light.
This time it’s a Junk Mail Machine that needs copy, so my imagined future need is: a premium roadway pass so you and your family (in your driverless car) can relax in the safety of the inner traffic lanes, farther from the pillaging that occurs in the congested outer lanes by college graduates crazed with debt and occupying tent cities on the roadway medians and embankments.
With their parents downsizing houses and their childhood bedrooms unavailable, even those dewy graduates least into communal living have been forced to pool their resources and talents. The single bright spot (at the behest of the government, evening news teams no longer do automated helicopter traffic reports - the violence was bad for ratings anyway) is a distributed neofolk cohort of talented singer-songwriters with a loyal and nomadic fan base and the time to refine protest anthems.
Or so it could be.
Other moments in New York
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Espressoing
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A few more days
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Goodbye
A final Hi meeting
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meditation, Creativity
The local neighborhood bar has a quiet time between six and nine. It is a place that specializes in coffee, beer and seasonal menus. There is just enough of each for a satisfying snack and effective buzz. After the time when the laptop lids close and before the social gatherings start -- there is a sort of twilight*. Often this time is a fugitive ground rife with creative inspiration and meditative work -- of the kind that results in personal reward.*twilight may refer to civil, nautical or astronomical variety depending on your social or terrestrial condition
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Web, development
A man positions his mouse on the edge of his browser window. He clicks, holds and drags the viewport first left then right. The content of a video game promo micro site responds and adapts to the available space. To the man, this is more delightful than the game itself.
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subway, music
A man laboriously moves his piano down three levels onto the subway platform. Classic vocals and strided chords -- he played so well I swore he was blind. Oblivious to the heat on that August stage, he was most in touch with his audience -- whom he elevated with his music.
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Feminism
A woman should do exactly as she pleases no matter what a man may think.
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Travel
As the Dalai Lama once said, "It is a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room."
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stars, Grandma, Love
"No one understands me," she said. Her grandmother was silent for a minute. It seemed she was searching for an answer in the star speckled sky. "But no one understands anyone in this world, darling. We are all unique. It is what gives us a sense of wonder."
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