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tædivm
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Visualise the clock, the hours of the
day ticking away:
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Daily, you
start work at 9 a.m. (maybe earlier, maybe later). You
greet your colleagues with a nod of the head; maybe you have a chat about the
weather, the daily traffic jams, redecorating, the game last night, international politics. You get your cup of coffee (one
sugar or two? or do you drink tea?), check your mailbox (chances are
you turn on the computer) and start your daily routine. Possibly you
work with people, responding to their needs, a teacher, guide, salesman;
maybe you work with artefacts, consumer goods; you might be a scholar, a
thinker, a writer, using words or numbers as the tools of your trade. It's
all the same.
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Daily, at 5 p.m. (or maybe a while later) you’ll
pack your bag, wish the colleagues a fine evening and join the other
commuters, those taking the train or those ploughing their way through
clogged traffic routes, following the well-known paths leading homewards. At
home, you’ll greet your spouse, your children (if you have them), eat your
supper, read the evening paper or watch the latest news (or soap, or comedy)
on TV. Possibly you’ll follow up on your sport or your hobby or go online to
order the latest gadget or bauble that has been designed to convince you
into thinking your life will be improved by owning it. Filling the hole
in your time or in your collection (or is it the hole in your life) you’ll
feel good for a fleeting moment. But, the salesman’s promise to fulfil your
dreams never occurs.
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Imagine the days of the week, the weeks in every year:
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Daily, weekly,
monthly, yearly following the same pattern, same routine. Stagnation.
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Imagine a lifetime, your life.
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Do you find
the life you’re leading really fulfilling, does it arouse your natural
intellectual curiosity?
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Or is it the
comfort and safety of the known that keeps you following the ticking of
the clock?
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Do you make a difference? Are you sure?
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Or do you recognise
an internal feeling of existential boredom?
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Take this
feeling, this boredom, this emptiness. This tedium.
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Hold it tight;
embrace it for all it’s worth!
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Think about it
as a State of Mind.
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Welcome to the Ultimate State of Tædivm.
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We’ll welcome
you with half a yawn and lull you back to sleep.
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No promises
made, none kept.
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Happy
landing!
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 the inaugural
coin of tædivm (next)
 other micronational coins (links & library)
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text and images ©
2005 CD Shiboleth / the ultimate state of tædivm
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