Symbolism
Everything is becoming symbolic. Nothing is original anymore.
The new HTC EVO 4G phone offered by Sprint comes equipped with a “kickstand”. It’s not really a kickstand, mind you. Honestly, are you going kick out this little stand? No, but this little feature is reminiscent of the feature on every kid’s bicycle had to have, otherwise, one would be relegated to lean one’s bike up against a tree. The horror.
If you happen to still have a desktop computer with a mouse, you’ll know that the “mouse” is not really a rodent. Somehow, from the humor of the developers, the word “mouse” now refers to a pointing device more so than it does to the furry creature that scampers in your kitchen at night looking for any leftover crumbs (we had a few of those in the old farmhouse in Latvia, but our cat took care of them). Even the term “monitor” has nothing to do with lizards nor the first ironclad warship.
Everything is now symbolic of something that existed before. I suppose this shouldn’t come as a surprise to me. We’ve been told by a wise sage centuries ago that there is “nothing new under the sun”.
I feel like my late brother. He would ask thought-provoking questions to which there weren’t really satisfactory answers. So what now? Go ahead and answer.
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