In case you were worriedI
In case you were worried
I got blacked out with the rest of New York. My neighborhood got power back before my ISP, so I went wandering (physically, not on the net) this morning.
I don't live in Manhattan, so my experience of The Blackout was a bit different than what you may have seen on the news. It was interesting to me. I forgot that everything that uses electricity adds to the background noise and the silence was cool. More, when you don't have as much visual information, other sense kicked in. Sitting out front, I suddenly smelled the grass. Insects and nightbirds made noises and I could locate them; who knew humans still have directional hearing? There were shadows deep enough to swallow you whole.
I get the feeling that we're a whole different kind of animal because of the 24 hour lighting we have.
posted by Prometheus 6 at 8/15/2003 03:59:57 PM |
