Many of my particular corners of the internet depict the future as a far-off space where humans, disconnected from our current realities, are defined by our interactions with a variety of technologies. In these distant worlds, people flit through angular architecture in semi-digital bodies that seem to feel neither pain nor desire. I often wonder if they sense the reality of their bodies at all. I wonder how we will get from here to there.
Because my daily life is intensely focused on my body, I tend to see the body as an interpretive anchor. My body teaches me that the future is not a distant and unfamiliar environment; rather, it will emerge from the ways we pay attention to our present. We will transition from now to then by attending to our bodies and delving into the questions our bodies ask of us.
