One of the things my generation used to know about was silence. Before 24 hour television, earphones, streaming content, mobile phones, etc. We used to have huge spans of time when nothing was being pumped into our ears; and some of us used to use those times to, you know, think about stuff.
These days, it feels like we are just continuously absorbing content, whether films, music, YouTube videos, podcasts, or what have you…just all the time. Receiving, receiving, receiving….until it must become hard to even distinguish between your own thoughts and the thoughts of others who are just constantly spewing out at us at every turn.
Sometimes this makes me withdraw from writing, or making my own clips, etc. The sea of noise just makes you want to recede, not pour more into it.