"Important Message"
I love this image taken in Glastonbury it seems to say so much about modern like in Britain. Wherever we are communication technology is not far from us. Was this message important, we will never know, it may even have been a facebook status update. Whether or not this individual message was important doesn't really matter, we are now able to be in touch with our family and friends so quickly and so easily.
Most of the people I saw using their mobiles like this were young women, most of the people who were talking on their mobiles were men. Perhaps this was unusual, but do women use their mobiles to text more than men, and could that be due to the size of the keypads becoming so small, better for more slender fingers.
As an image it gets me thinking about my reaction to modern communications and how they can reach us in any place and at any time, do I really want that? What about the space I need to find, space for recreation and reflection. Space to escape the constant chatter of noise and information around me and discover who I really am and what is important to me in the now and at this place.
Or do I want to be like the cyclist in the next image, busily multitasking and perhaps not stopping to ask if it is a good idea, or even safe. This was at a junction.
"Multitasking"
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