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Tag Archives: Nina Oberman
Feb
24
2010
Hanging by a Moment: Those without technology provide reality check, newfound appreciation
I’ve often imagined guiding someone from the past through today’s world. I would picture the awe in their faces as I showed them the machines we use every day: lamps, heaters, air conditioning, sinks, cars, television, grocery stores, and the magical little box on which I am now typing this sentence. The computer. I can’t [...]
For several years, I lived in a different universe. My friends were two-dimensional, and I could summon them at any moment. Voices did not exist. No one cried, no one screamed, no one laughed. Emotions were reduced to a series of abbreviations. As I looked into people’s eyes, they were never looking back into mine. [...]
