Otherworlds: geographical explorations

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

What's a chicken worth?


Thank you once more for two excellent experiences. I'm sure you will all go to bed hoping to dream of chickens tonight. Certainly Bernard Matthews must've had that dream at some stage in the past because the humble bird brought him potential and wealth beyond most people's wildest dreams... and devalued the chicken for the British dinner table.

As someone pointed out, chickens are perhaps not so culturally valued in today's society, so what might a new dream symbol for potential and wealth be? What should Bernard Matthews hope to be dreaming of tonight? Certainly not the turkey...

So if dreams are a construction of our individual space, we also saw that music can construct the space of nightmares for some. Who would have thought Frank Sinatra could drive down crime levels in shopping malls? This could be developed into a whole new strategy to combat global environmental problems: for example - fix every car to automatically play only the music the driver hates - at full volume- as soon as the ignition key is turned. We would soon get people out of their cars and onto trains.

And then they could daydream their commute away safe in the knowledge that they were doing their bit to reduce their carbon footprint...

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