Defy the Artificial

The world continues to grow more digital by the day. Our photos are stored on our phones. Our music and movie collection is vast…and in a cloud somewhere. Homes rarely feature built-in bookcases because the number of readers is decreasing, and they use e-books. 

It’s all so efficient. And artificial. It’s a move to the less real.

And it comes with strings. Amazon Music, for instance, offers millions of songs, but they also freely add in songs of their choosing to your playlist. Which means it really isn’t your playlist. As with any digital company, you are the commodity. So your choices are tracked and monetized. It’s up to them how long the service is available and on what terms. 

So in defiance of this trend, I did something that’s bringing me great joy.

I bought a record player. That plays vinyl. It’s old school, big time. It even has a cassette and CD player. I’m re-listening to my music collection from high school and college. And buying new albums. The covers are often works of art. Yep, the sound quality is real too…scratches and all. It’s part of my joyful return to the imperfect tangible. 

In this age of screens and downloads and unreality, this path requires fierce intentionality. Even so, choose the real.

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