Christmas is back. There is nothing more enjoyable than to spend time with your family putting up the Christmas tree. I watched everyone as we put up the balls, the bells, the stars, the angels and the smiles. Suddenly a grim reality dawned on be when I admired the beauty of that tree.
I am putting up an artificial Christmas tree. It may ridiculous comment but as i looked around the house i saw synthetic plants and flowers. The only natural plant was a bonsai on the coffee table. Is this our future? Will we be surrounded by artificial plant and animals. Wont we see the trees change with the seasons or will that too be induced by some artificial process.
There is a lot of hype about an artificial tree which is 10 times more efficient in purifying air than a real tree. Actually it looks more like a metal box than a tree. Anyway thats the future. And there is no denying it.
After Christmas is over, as sit to dismantle the tree and pack it into a box, I feel that I'm performing a symbolic ritual as a reenactment of on the cutting of trees by us, our fathers and forefathers. A ritual to remind us that no matter whether we live in the stone age, iron age and or the the plastic age, we will always destroy far more that what we hope to create.
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