It's here. We're in it.
Note to self: Do not bring moonshine to a new years party with expectations to avoid it. I made it, we all survived. Anticlimactic much like the 2012 end of the world scare, or Y2K toasters going crazy.
I think it's very interesting that the world celebrates a single finite moment so relentlessly. There IS no physical change. Normally we discuss time in such a general way. "We'll go later". "See you in an hour or so". "See you in a few minutes". For new years eve though, we focus on individual seconds.
In what other moment will you see an entire group of people gather together and anxiously wait for such an arbitrary moment. I wouldn't be able to gather 5 people together to watch me juggle flaming swords, let alone gather them for a moment that has zero actual benifit or gain to anyone. Purely a mentally perpetuated and emotionally driven moment throughout the entire crowd. That right there describes the entire celebration. Everyone is directly in tune, using their imaginations to visualize what this minute changover might signify for themselves. It's an emotional connection between the masses, and who doesn't want to be a part of an event? It's a simple event to join, and costs nothing to make happen. At the one moment before the hand strikes 12, everyone is in tune, in sync, and awaiting that sole moment of release.
Funny to realize the the moment is actually rather deceitful too. Such a finite moment, reinacted each hour around the world for an entire 24 hour period. I altered the technique I use to chase the sunrise on Instagram by searching for the #happynewyear tag and repeatedly refreshing. There, were all of the worlds posts as they happened. Everyone feeling as if their moment was the finite moment to make a change.
None the less, I took part in a celebration and suffered some of the physical consequences. Our host requested all cell phones to be locked in his safe. An excellent idea, but prevented many photos being taken. So, you will have to do as you likely did last night, and use your imagination for my photo.
How was your step into 2015?
