Eye of the Beholder: Observations On America
People want to tell you their stories. I have wanted to tell you mine. My story of this trip involved jumping out of my little world - free from TV, social media, my normal lazy routines, and the otherwise habitual interaction with my cell phone. The constant focus and interaction with the road, the elements, and the people slowly and unconsciously changed me. What I found was that politics and the drone of media superimposes on America a kind of salesmanship. Just as we impose on the world our perceptions, problems, and insecurities to the exclusion of what is reality that is right in front of us. We live our lives in a bubble vaguely negotiating with others through the lens of politics and other cultural imprints of thought - all to get us through the day - to unconsciously define us in abstract ways. Who is right and who is wrong. Who is good and who is bad. Equating what is right with what is good; and what is wrong with what is bad....