While writing the final paper (text analysis), I was reminded of one of the topics I discussed in the second paper- growing up without a car meant having to walk a lot from place to place and so I've developed a certain fondness for the activity. So when I wrote this paragraph for the final essay, I was incredibly sincere and completely agreed with the quote I used from the Berry piece.
He further expands on this
sensation of hesitation to connect in regards to the senses. Modernization and
technological advancements, while having simplified many aspects of life in
terms of labor and efficiency, have left us passing through life in a furious
rush- the consequence of which, aside from shortening to travel time from point
A to point B, has muffled our senses and left us in a blur. “Our senses, after
all, were developed to function at foot seeds; and the transition from foot
travel to motor travel, in terms of evolutionary time, has been abrupt. The
faster one goes, the more strain there is on the senses, the more they fail to
take in, the more confusion they must tolerate or gloss over- and the longer it
takes to bring the mind to a stop in the presence of anything,” (766-767). In a
manner of speaking, our senses have somewhat lost their evolutionary keenness -
Berry might say, especially referring to those of us city dwellers- from our
own personal consumption into the material and modern world.
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