the history of art

I'm sitting in art history right now watching as my peers also neglect to pay attention and instead spend their time on facebook, email, pinterest, twitter, or youtube. The guy in front of me is currently watching videos of fights while the girl two seats down is using pinterest to plan even the most minute details of her future wedding. A few rows over, I can see a guy soundly sleeping as the rest of the class continues to waste away.

It really isn't their faults. The teacher turns down the lights, speaks in a very soft and soothing voice, and talks about the history of art. This isn't exactly the most stimulating of lessons. Therefore, we are all left gazing into cyberspace and finding boundless options to waste away our time with.

I find it utterly amazing that there are so many options for us to waste our time with. I wonder what kind of things we could achieve and what level of inner peace we might obtain if we didn't constantly have these distractions in our lives. It perplexes me that even Henry David Thoreau found his life filled with distractions even though he lived in such a simpler time. I long to sneak away into the woods and re-center myself like he did. To run away from the hectic everyday existence we carryout constantly. Who knows what would happen if we actually took the time to see.

Have a splendid day my friends, I wish you all the inner peace in the world!