{"id":270,"date":"2012-02-10T00:24:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T05:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=270"},"modified":"2012-02-09T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T22:53:00","slug":"poem-commercial-interruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/10\/poem-commercial-interruption\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Commercial Interruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

We interrupt this commercial<\/span>
\nNow that wasn’t so hard<\/span>
\nOr was it?<\/span><\/h1>\n

How many times a day is our consciousness breached by some form of commercial interruption?\u00a0 Way too many times!\u00a0 I consider this commercial assault a major form of violence in our culture.\u00a0 This short poem is geared to get the reader to think about taking back these interruptions and reclaiming our consciousness.\u00a0 Rather than the commercial interrupting us, we interrupt this commercial.\u00a0 Initially, this may not be difficult.\u00a0 A momentary victory is not difficult to achieve.\u00a0 However, the assault of commercial interruptions is so pervasive and penetrating that keeping them out of our consciousness requires constant discipline.\u00a0 In the long run, avoiding those settings where commercial interruptions are prevalent is probably the best strategy.\u00a0 Like any kind of mindfulness or meditation practice, maintaining complete control over where the mind goes is probably impossible.\u00a0 Nevertheless, we can train our minds to let go the commercial interruptions and build associations in our mental state that eventually rate these commercial interruptions as not worth paying attention to.\u00a0 \"Live<\/span><\/span><\/a>Another suggestion on the social front would be not to buy any of the crap that’s advertised. This is not really that difficult since most of the crap that’s advertised is crap.\u00a0 Questioning consumption and consumerism, as well as living a simple life, are long-term strategies to interrupt the violent assaults of commercials.\u00a0 Also, given the sloganeering and design work that I do, I like to parody and satirize the vanity and absurdity of many commercial endeavors.\u00a0 I find this method of fighting back both cathartic and joy producing.\u00a0 May the farce be with you as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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