Hi Simon I love it, it's brilliant - the thought of commuters preferring to stay at home to do carving is lovely.
There's a lot in the air at present about preparing for the end game, the approaching end of the civilisation or way of life we know, and what sort of society we'll end up with. I think you've really captured the atmosphere of it, of how it may feel. dave On 9 May 2011 16:44, Simon Mclennan <[email protected]> wrote: > I had an urge to write this- I wonder if it will happen... > The Green Tunnel > It was around that time that local councils decided to stop pollarding the > tree stocks in avenues, parks and public gardens. > A gradual outgrowth from the trees and shrubs produced a thicker, darker > effect generally. The trees that had once been kept uniform with a neat and > tidy appearance, quickly began to fulfill their natural tendencies: limbs > grew long and thick, reaching up and out, becoming like the wild trees you > find in old, untouched forest, where the forester has not practiced his art. > Leaving the house, the suburbanites become aware of the street and the > general air of forest or wood that pervades. > Right outside front doors there is now a tunnel, green and verdant. Great > elm trunks, with vast root systems seem to block the way along with fallen > trunks, and old rotting tree stumps. Ferns abound, with mosses and funghi > coming in, which are a natural part of a woodland ecosystem. Huge groaning > oaks stand at the corner of the street. > People leaving the house for work quickly become distracted by the fun of > simply being in a wood. Having to climb over or around obstacles causes some > folk to abandon their original journey, and settle instead for collecting > fire wood or building a light bower or shelter for resting and contemplating > in. > The new atmosphere of course attracts animal life, and the local wild > creatures that had adapted to urban living, now flourish and have a good old > time. Foxes, badgers, crows and moles settle down and people begin to stay > at home, reading, carving and knitting more. Tellys break, but there is > still a bit of internet, and plenty of vegetables, wild roots and tubers. > Hobbies take off hugely. Most people work a couple of days a week, just to > make enough diodes and chips to build some basic computers. Innovations in > bio electrics produce plenty of free electricity, along with mechanically > driven household items like coffee grinders etc. > It's all quite a change really. Everybody is always referring to Huxley's > Island. It's sort of the same as now, but slower. Some people become > frustrated and get quite agitated and spiky- they have a difficult time of > it and that is a fact. > Roads are kept open, so the bakers van still makes it's round though. > Corporation heads simply become frazzled and fraught. Most of em sort of > implode, or spontaneously combust, leaving a sticky black and charred mark > on the floorboards. Shame. Lackeys lick their own arses instead of their > bosses', or become side attractions in small travelling funfairs. > > > > and so it goes > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
