Futurism is Nowism

The Maps to Anywhere is fascinating in the way that its constructed, a reflection from memory. This makes the entire novel seem connected to real life experiences. Weather the action is happening currently or perviously, is not really addressed. In the exert from Auld Lang Syne, Futurism, this concept of time, and memory is shown to its fullest.

The beginning of this piece starts off with a quote from Fillipo Marinettii, the quote address the concept of speed and beauty and how they are related in some way. The reason this was so interesting to me is how quickly the author jumps into his own life experiences. He explains how RVs have names like Road rocket and dynamo. This in itself is interesting because RVs are not particularly fast. The author is try to point out how humans are so worried about the future and whats going to happen that we won't notice the now. He even states in the text that we miss out on some of the most important things in life because of the fascination of the the future.Like many of the other passages from this book Bernard Cooper really uses real life concepts to address his ideas. The RVs were a nice touch to symbolize speed and movement. That normally isn't something you would think of as being a means to a distraction. However, I think when he was writing this part of the text he became distracted physically by the RV making the RV and idea of distraction.

This essay was one hat really hit home to me and it should to most of todays generation. Life is to short to be lived in the fast lane. We should soak up every experience like its our last. Maybe even drive a little slower to work and glance around at the sky or trees. You might just see one of those historic landmarks.