Something deep in our individual DNA or collective subconscious knows that stillness is good for us. Perhaps that's why we watch, say, a French period-set romance film like PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE. Myopic and fractured as the current socio-political, cultural, or spiritual experience can be today, the Information Age blasted an LED spotlight on every secret garden or Walden and made sure there was a trash can and toilet to accommodate all of the unsanctimonious tourists disrupting the quietude with their camera apps unmuted, and so it seems there aren't so many sacred spaces left to hide in anymore.
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Maybe it was a little more solipsistic or maybe just unfettered by the full scope of reality. Experiences seemed to mean more because every moment and accomplishment wasn't immediately set in the context of a global existence. I suppose one of the biggest differences was that people were naturally a little more physically active and could concentrate for longer amounts of time. There was still media bombardment, in albeit a subtler way, but one could avoid cultural desensitization and the resultant ennui much more easily if they wished. Those of us who were around back then can attest to the fact that American life was quite a bit more slow-paced. As time marches on, fewer and fewer of us remember what life was like before the internet.
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