Two nights ago, as I was going to bed, I went to turn my lights off and noticed something. I had hung a set of wind chimes off my ceiling fan/light about a month ago. At that time, it was still reasonably cool weather and I had no need for my fan. Since I started using my fan, I quickly strangled the wind chimes, because, well…they chimed too much. I did not remove them, because I liked the idea of having them there, but I twisted the cord up in order to mute them.
Yesterday, my roommate showed me his graduation hood. While there are many things to say about this hood, the thing I most noticed was that its function had been impaired. It no longer was made to cover a head.
Suspended functions are all around. We buy books and close them up to fit on a bookshelf from where we will never remove them. We buy shoes to fill the bottom floor of our closet to make a nice shelf for more shoes.
Minivans? Are they really the most functional automobile, or just in existence to be made fun of?
Before we think about what more we can get (or before we too quickly choke what we are doing), what if we use to the full, true potential all we’ve got?
As we look for new places to hang wind chimes, maybe we should also untangle the ones we’ve already put up, so that the music will ring out all the more beautifully.
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