Technologies of Romance

The newest technologies may have us wrapped around them in seemingly intractable ways. But perhaps we can search for strategies by means of which to create or keep open some anachronistic, less trending possibilities.

Contending with new technologies that crave and claw at our constant attention, we need to open a metaphorical umbrella to protect us from the torrent of unsolicited information raining down.

This might already suggest a romantic image of an isolated persona, contending with the technologized elements; heroic, brave, well connected, and yet more isolated than ever before; truly “alone but not lonely”.