My apologies, readers, for a TDR-less week. Somehow, while wasting away in boredom, I couldn't find the time, energy and most importantly, inspiration, to compose a post. But I'm back. And, while I have contemplated the many things that I could do with my excessive amounts of free time, nothing could compare to what a group of Welsh farmers and dogs did with theirs. And that brings us to today's Daily Topic: EXTREME SHEEP HERDING
Now we've all heard of sheep dog competitions but this takes sheepherding to a whole new level. But it's not just sheepherding. This is a revolution in modern art. I have been to a lot of art museums and seen a lot of things that claim to be modern art, for instance a red tea kettle on a shelf at the Guggenheim or a dark room in the Mass MoCA with fake grass carpet, camoflage and jungle noises playing on surround sound. However, live and interactive works of art integrating the interactions between three species? That's true art. The man, the dog and the sheep, working in harmony with the earth's grassy field as their canvass, are able to produce a stunning social commentary on the cooperation of the earth's species. Additionally, it strives to show that although technology is advancing, ancient techniques, such as sheepherding, will always endure. And while the end of the piece may be interpreted as a triumphant finale, might it not also represent the looming dangers of environmental scarcity and our degredation of the planet? Perhaps the piece is warning us that our obsessions with technology is causing a neglection of once-standard labor tasks such as sheepherding and that these skillsets are a dying art that will soon be lost in a wave of LED lights and video games. Or maybe they're just as bored as I am.
-ROF
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I'm sufficiently happy that I spent 2 minutes and 45 seconds of my life watching that video. And your commentary really brought it all into perspective.
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