tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462246167395686511.post1305195488089753226..comments2023-12-11T05:49:16.574-08:00Comments on Songs of a Soul Journey: Silly Bandz: cute fad or environmental hazard?songs of a soul journeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02077761276328610949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462246167395686511.post-10795960944617301022010-10-11T11:16:14.570-07:002010-10-11T11:16:14.570-07:00(sigh) Well, yes, art happens. But that could mere...(sigh) Well, yes, art happens. But that could merely be a delaying of the inevitable. Yes, much art can be done with much junk. However, not all of said art is retained for the beautification and edification of people, so they will end up in the landfill, anyway, only now they will be mixed with paint, paper, glue, wood, lacquer, varnish, etc. Yes, it is "a kind of solution", like fear is in Cavafy's famous poem. And it might be an instructive solution, but there is a missing element.<br /><br />What is missing is forethought. If there was an application of forethought to the whole mix, then perhaps the Silly Bandz could have been produced from a material that is ultimately biodegradable, rather one that is a bio-hazard. Forethought would place environmental issues firmly before free-market free-for-all of capitalism. Forethought would mean that our governmental agencies would not blindly allow products like this to flood over our borders from a foreign entity that has environmental standards lower than our own.<br /><br />The only thing that seems to trickle down in Trickle Down Economics is the environmental fallout from Very Bad Ideas.<br /><br />Yes, art can provide a back-end life to the current Silly Bandz fad, but it cannot obliterate the environmental damage that succeeding generations of humans will have to contend with.songs of a soul journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02077761276328610949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462246167395686511.post-17272261803152345802010-10-10T18:41:12.912-07:002010-10-10T18:41:12.912-07:00What about using the discarded Silly Bandz in art ...What about using the discarded Silly Bandz in art pieces. This could solve the problem of waste and provide children with a creative outlet. Just my 2 centsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com