Clones

I can't tell you where it is that I work, but every other day I see 500 to 750 people, go in and come out of my building looking as though they all shop at the exact same store. I swear, I exaggerate only slightly! Now, I know almost nothing about fashion but am I wrong when I ask this: If it's supposed "your look," how come your clothes look like everyone else's clothes? How does one go about finding one's OWN look by shopping at the most popular stores? Why not just be done with all the lies and nonsense about "your look" and "youtube" and "myspace" and "your news " and the rest of it and simply call it OURS? In the words of Alice Cooper: "We're all Clones! All are one and one are all."

Something Old But...

I wrote this piece back in 2004. At the time I was considering becoming a free-lance journalist and still do consider it from time to time. Anyway, it was my first attempt at writing ANYTHING, at least for anyone but myself. My thanks to Toronto's Now Magazine, first for publishing it and second for keeping it alive online in their archives. I put it up here now, not just to boast( though there is that!) but also because I think there's some ideas in there ( not mine, exactly) that might be relevant today with regard to our current economic troubles and what to do about them...
Here's the link: http://www.nowtoronto.com/archive/view_issue.cfm?vol=23&num=50&year=2004