The way both are framed is proof that where you live is home.
In the U.K.all newer housing now features plastic doors
and door frames, and plasitc double glazing,
for sound insulation. All for a long, low maintenance life.
And why not? When wooden frames rot?
And need repainted every so often?
But the numbness of the de-skilled modern householder,
who can't repair anything in their house by themselves
and has to be sold a replacement life
is something new to behold. These frames and doors
are outward signs of the creeping plasticity of modernity,
where WE ARE because of how much our bank rates us,
rather than the skills in our hands.
The credit which frees us from cash also frees us from skills
and also makes our lives as secure as a house of cards
before an ill wind follows, so light at first
that we do not feel it coming, until it blows our house down.
It is a modern miracle to behold how easily de-skilling is sold on.
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