After watching Johnny Depp ham it up as a quintessential "man out of time" in "Dark Shadows", I was reminded how much fun it can be to periodically look at the world through fresh eyes. For example...
* What would a visitor from the 19th century or another world make of all those rows of symmetrical white lines in an empty mall parking lot? Or...
* What if that same visitor happened onto those vertical cages used in city parking lots or a group of empty utility trucks parked with their crows nests' fully extended? Or...
* Imagine being that visitor, walking in mid-town Manhattan at midnight, looking up at a second floor window and seeing a room full of people on rowing machines, stairmasters and ellipiticals. Even better, how about if that visitor stumbled onto a empty gym with that same equipment. How is this stuff used?
What are your candidates for stuff that could have those visitors scratching their heads? Elevators, escalators and moving sidewalks in airports or casinos have already been spoken for. But look around with fresh eyes and then share with me and others a few of your ideas.
About Me
- Pat Barton
- My most recent single release - "My True North" - is now available on Bandcamp. Open my profile and click on "audio clip".
commercial powered flight, sky diving, a bar with multiple sports on multiple large monitors, rocket launch, ATM machine, tablet or smart phone, long suspension bridge, arena rock concert, vibrator, condoms, McDonald's or similar drive through, net meeting, Google, Mars rover, movie theater, X-rays, MRI, CT scans, motorcycles, floor of any Casino, shopping malls, popular skiing place, large cruise ship, oil tanker, ear buds for music, the list goes on...
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