I don’t do this at all. It’s just one more way in which I’ve become
more disconnected from contemporary culture.
It reminds me of my first visit, some three decades ago, to
the extraordinary Grand Palace in Bangkok. I hitched on to a tour group, mostly
Americans, who were snapping away happily while their tour guide talked the
talk.
A woman in the group came up to me with
puzzling eyes: ‘You’re not taking pictures. Would you like to borrow my other
camera?’
‘Thanks for the offer, but I’m fine,’ I responded.
Clearly unconvinced, she retreated, and it was not until
towards the end of the tour that she came back to me: ‘I think I get it,’ she
said. ‘Pictures of the mind.’
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