One likes newness. It is for this reason that we find more and more inventions, to begin with, and that we find more inventions that are being made for the hand, that is, they are small, so that one can twist and turn it, marvel at it...it never gets old. But, even when it never gets old, one realized a second quality it has: that is that it will be short lived, in the sense that in one's mind it will be replaced by something else. We will later see that this is not just because of a superficial character of the thing, but something about the new things makes one feel uncomfortable, so that it has to be quickly disposed, even if it is replaced by something else which is pretty similar...But still, we must all take a moment to really marvel at man's ability to resist change, to look at the new things, to think about it, just because it is in one's hand, and even if it is the most banal thing in the world...but it is in the hand means that it is to be looked at, considered. This is what new things are about.
But we all know that we must come back to the use of the thing. It is this which most concerns us and occupies us. There is already a hardening of the heart. So, a proper way of handling the thing is then discovered...the phase of fooling around is gone. The thing has dials and smaller components, but what we are really talking about is a machine which expects the mobility of the whole body...the human body is itself the signal which makes the new thing work. The thing requires a certain ability to be mobile, and to be agile. It is a dance which turns on this machine...
For once, let us not focus more on the human being at the center of this episode. Rather, let us take a look at the great event that takes place, which is nothing other than the machine, the new thing, coming to life. It is a glorious process to say the least. It begins with the movement in which the thing slips away from our minds, and high up in the sky it comes alive. And from up there in the sky it pokes holes in our body, which effectively makes our body immobile. And what we do is sit here and be witnesses. So we are to pause, the machine does its work, and we begin to think that we have put it to use. After the moment when the machine eludes us and springs to the sky to display itself in all its glory, there is the blinding light and sound that comes from it. The machine, in a sense, takes a life, it becomes more than machine, it is more than machine, it is like a human thing, it is not to be contained within this universe, it wants to be free.
And as we are witnessing all this--the machine in the sky with its light and sound--we begin to get away from utility, a utility as it applied to this machine is short lived for us. Rather, we begin to realize that we are to only witness this machine, for, at this moment that the machine has raised itself to the sky, and has begun to emit lights and sounds, we realize a new feeling, that one called 'danger.' We cannot be close to this machine. We do not handle it. This machine wanted more life than we ever did...
But we all know that we must come back to the use of the thing. It is this which most concerns us and occupies us. There is already a hardening of the heart. So, a proper way of handling the thing is then discovered...the phase of fooling around is gone. The thing has dials and smaller components, but what we are really talking about is a machine which expects the mobility of the whole body...the human body is itself the signal which makes the new thing work. The thing requires a certain ability to be mobile, and to be agile. It is a dance which turns on this machine...
For once, let us not focus more on the human being at the center of this episode. Rather, let us take a look at the great event that takes place, which is nothing other than the machine, the new thing, coming to life. It is a glorious process to say the least. It begins with the movement in which the thing slips away from our minds, and high up in the sky it comes alive. And from up there in the sky it pokes holes in our body, which effectively makes our body immobile. And what we do is sit here and be witnesses. So we are to pause, the machine does its work, and we begin to think that we have put it to use. After the moment when the machine eludes us and springs to the sky to display itself in all its glory, there is the blinding light and sound that comes from it. The machine, in a sense, takes a life, it becomes more than machine, it is more than machine, it is like a human thing, it is not to be contained within this universe, it wants to be free.
And as we are witnessing all this--the machine in the sky with its light and sound--we begin to get away from utility, a utility as it applied to this machine is short lived for us. Rather, we begin to realize that we are to only witness this machine, for, at this moment that the machine has raised itself to the sky, and has begun to emit lights and sounds, we realize a new feeling, that one called 'danger.' We cannot be close to this machine. We do not handle it. This machine wanted more life than we ever did...
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