"The living arrangement Americans now think of as normal is bankrupting us economically, socially, ecologically, and spiritually. The physical setting itself — the cartoon landscape of car-clogged highways, strip malls, tract houses, franchise fry pits, parking lots, junked cities, and ravaged countryside — is not merely a symptom of our troubled culture but in many ways a primary cause of our troubles." -- James Kunstler in The Geography of Nowhere.The current issue of Adbusters suggests ways we can reclaim urban space with symbolic yet transformative gestures. I love the goals and methods of culture jamming—a well executed jam can function as a "wake-up stick", urging the unsuspecting to reflect on their assumptions & comfort levels.
"The living arrangement Americans now
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