I made this video from the art of my very first BLINK Christmas card from wwwaaaayyyyyy back in 2004. I updated the drawing & lettering last year which you can read that here.
"The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods." -Socrates
I find all the boasting and chiding going on in the year-end Holiday
Season to be just so much annoying chatter. Why should I care how much
someone is "giving" or "getting" during the last four-and-a-half weeks
of the Roman calendar year?
Why do expectations rise so damn high?
(Altruism and compassion are great, so why can't all that Holiday
"giving" and "getting" go on for another 47 and-a-half weeks?)
I
have three so-to-no-longer-be teenagers for whom I've traditionally
purchased Christmas gifts. I'll continue to do so, but as they've
gotten older (and gotten jobs and thus been able to provide more for
themselves), I've felt less obligation to splurge for material goods on
their behalf.
I'm not going cold turkey (I'm no Scrooge!), but I
prefer the gifts found in the sharing of time than those gleaned from purchased favors. I feel the same way about receiving gifts as well. A material gift can
be well-thought out, meaningful and cherished for years beyond its
purchase date, but in my life's experience, more often than not, it is
not.
Meh. Maybe this little ramble is just my Roman Catholic upbringing guilt struggling with my Capitalism cynicism.
source: http://open.salon.com/blog/max_ink/2009/12/08/present
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