culture

whether it's a function of modern technology or of this hodgepodge nation, we are drifters. culture is no longer embedded, grown, sewn into us. in some places i'm certain that it is still infused through traditional familial pathways and everyday habits; the french have their own eating habits, the swedes are cold and detached. but, in canada it's really a grab bag. food? 80% percent of everyone lives off fuckin kd and boxed pizza. clothes? whatever your favourite actress or singer wears. hobbies? no limits. the internet has basically kicked over a giant toy box that we're free to grab whatever we want from. whether this is good or bad is irrelevant and impossible to judge anyway. more fascinating are the possibilities this sort of vagabond cultural appropriation entails. fly your freak flag; learn how to make kombucha, practice japanese calligraphy, teach yourself how to play djembe. conversely; learn how to make bombs, adapt racist values. the negatives are irrelevant, idiots will conduct themselves as such. when they make a mess we just have to shake our heads and clean it up.

i'm off to learn how to make my own clothes on one of those indian spinning wheels gandhi used.