Sunday, January 25, 2009

Rear view caught on film


NPR News had a great picture of a concept car from Japan that has replaced the rearview mirrors with little cameras that look like flashlights pointing backward. The cameras are always on.

Think about that for a minute. What if your entire past was on film? Everywhere you'd been, everything you had done...caught on tape. Every time you looked in the "rearview" mirror at past relationships, it was permanently burned into film? All the stupid stuff you said and did caught in a timeless stream of conviction for you to proudly show your next date. Bummer.

When I look in my rearview mirror, I sure hope what I was trying to leave behind is getting smaller...not being played on the big screen.

"Cut! Edit! Take 2!"

Thoughts?
mama j