Henry David Thoreau

January 2, 2009


"By the words, necessary of life, I mean whatever, of all that man obtains by his own exertions, has been from the first, or from long use has become, so important to human life that few, if any, whether from savageness, or poverty, or philosophy, ever attempt to do without it."— Thoreau, "Economy"


Thinking of Thoreau this AM and how he escaped the industrial revolution to go retreat at Walden Pond. This urge of mine is hundreds, thousands of years old — OK, getting grandiose here comparing myself to him. But there are similarities.
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Missing the immediacy of poetry readings. The immediacy of letters.
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TMI Syndrome. Fascination overload.
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Compare: weather from newspaper and phone vs. NEXRAD / online updates.