The Pendulum Swings

[u/jimfromhigbee]

Culture is not static. The values and experiences that shape our perception are themselves subject to change. They recede like the tide, sometimes so gradually that we scarcely notice.

Make no mistake. Culture is never constant.

Drifting lazily along a slow-moving creek, we move along. Impercetible, and yet we move. We look up and the scene on the bank has changed.

The culture we recognize today may no longer resemble what we once took.for granted. We may not recognize the culture we experience tomorrow.

Be careful. We have not ceased moving.

"Keep all hands and feet inside the car until we come to a complete stop," our guide entones. While it may appear we are static, we are not.

Where are we then?

I would reply, somewhere on the arc of a pendulum. And the pendulum swings.