Altered States

Most americans are not alcoholics. Most of us do not smoke marijuana to get high. LSD trips went out of style along with the flower children of the sixties. Nevertheless, many Americans are walking and driving around with their minds slightly out of kilter. In its attempt to cope with the modern life, the human mind seems to have evolved some defense strategies. Confronted with inventions like the automobile, the television, and the shopping center, …

…go next and cannotrememberwhat he or she came for in the first place. The nind enters this state deliberately, so that the shopper has no choice but toleave. Therefore, the next time you see drivers, TV viewers, or shoppers with eyes as glazed and empty as polished doorknobs, you'll know these people are in a protective altered state. Be gently with them. THey are merely trying to cope with the mind-numbing invention of modern life.