Thank you, Jim, for the latest article about Jazmin, a young writer from Paraguay.
Her writing seems to come from a source of inter-relational communication focused on the concerns of the masses of people rather that its leaders and focused on exposing the problems they face with a practical aim of correcting those problems.
The digital world of today, like the Big Mac of yesterday, has made us to fat, lazy, and complacent to see the written word not only an effective means of tackling this problem, but even an obstacle to understanding the problem. Who is going to look at a starving child or homeless workers, or psychotic war veterans when a super model or the offer of an exotic island vacation is beckoning the digital reader from the border of its screens?
A selfish island unto themselves are they and a sinking morass of "others", of "suckers" are they.
Ms Jazmin's writings remind me, in style at least, of Latin American writer that I read in my youth, Ivan Illich (Tools of Conviviality).
Thank you, Jim, for the latest article about Jazmin, a young writer from Paraguay.
Her writing seems to come from a source of inter-relational communication focused on the concerns of the masses of people rather that its leaders and focused on exposing the problems they face with a practical aim of correcting those problems.
The digital world of today, like the Big Mac of yesterday, has made us to fat, lazy, and complacent to see the written word not only an effective means of tackling this problem, but even an obstacle to understanding the problem. Who is going to look at a starving child or homeless workers, or psychotic war veterans when a super model or the offer of an exotic island vacation is beckoning the digital reader from the border of its screens?
A selfish island unto themselves are they and a sinking morass of "others", of "suckers" are they.
Ms Jazmin's writings remind me, in style at least, of Latin American writer that I read in my youth, Ivan Illich (Tools of Conviviality).
Take care and keep up the good work.
Sincerely, Tim Corrigan
JazmÃn's proposal urges journalists to produce less and listen more to really understand their communities and serve them better..