July 24, 2009
It’s feast or famine with me and FB.
Today this is the 4th item I’ve posted.
The other three being:
a thought provoking J.Overmyer cartoon,
a film of worth: Paris, Je t’aime,
a clip of a Beethoven piece.
I sometimes get a FB fix at 4 a.m.
when I do my best thinking.
I think – Ahhhh this is how I can bring my
disparate world together,
talking to friends,
acquaintances, relatives on FB.
In real life, for me, and others, I suspect
that’s impossible.
One of the 20 short films in “Paris, Je t’aime”
focuses on a young couple arguing at
the grave of Oscar Wilde.
Wilde is lurking in the shadows and admonishes
the humorless man to pursue his love and says;
“Death of the heart, it’s the ugliest death there is.”
Contributions to FB celebrate love
of family, life, the arts,
even old age.
I especially appreciate the ministers of hope,
the journalists, the people in public life who
reach out to others on FB.
They aren’t afraid of identity and time thefts –
the two biggest fears for people not joining.
I do limit the games, surveys and questionnaires –
not because I’m afraid someone will want to be me
(who would want to be me?)
but because FB can be an obsession –
this checking in with others.
I think it’s because we all have so much
to check in about.
There are some FB friends who make simple comments
on a regular basis – like sharing a short haiku:
life is radiant
dew on a flower petal
framed by dark soil
Sometimes, that is enough.
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