It has been discussed lately that human beings in nowadays society are not considered substance anymore, but a function. Human 'role' in life has become more important than his personality. How does it affect our perceptions of (public) space - space that we share with others? And the way we tend to think and name activities, spaces, people around us?
Man-is-not a tool by Paavo Piik
Man-is-not a tool by Paavo Piik
Man is not a tool.
He may not be.
He is not a tool for pleasure or intimacy
or respect or lightness or boredom
tool for making your work.
He is not for making money,
filling emptiness, teaching, viewing
for self-esteem and self-defence tool.
Because man is not a function.
He has no confessor or a prostitute
or a handhold or a domestic animal
or a wallet or a clown
or a workhorse or a babysitter,
non-critical role of a critic.
At least in it's own mind.
The more people around you,
the less they resemble the people
and the more they resemble functions.
Ergo,
The more people around you,
the less people around you.
tool for making your work.
He is not for making money,
filling emptiness, teaching, viewing
for self-esteem and self-defence tool.
Because man is not a function.
He has no confessor or a prostitute
or a handhold or a domestic animal
or a wallet or a clown
or a workhorse or a babysitter,
non-critical role of a critic.
At least in it's own mind.
The more people around you,
the less they resemble the people
and the more they resemble functions.
Ergo,
The more people around you,
the less people around you.
source: free translation from Paavo Piik's poetry
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