The last word from the East: Too many words, not enough poetry

Barney Loehnis

This article discusses how the increasing number of information sources, driven by technology, can become overwhelming, and how difficult this makes it to find inspiration.

The last word from the East: Too many words, not enough poetry

Barney LoehnisOgilvy ' Mather

I came to the conclusion last week that there are too many words and not enough poetry.

I am bombarded by a constant stream of information, opinion and data: I am constantly recalibrating my information sources from RSS to Facebook; Weibo to Weixin; Flipboard to LinkedIn; from Pinterest to Instagram and Tumblr. I seek new muses to intoxicate me and I curate them like a bowerbird into pretty lists and boards; but to what end?

The information binge reminds me of a Hunter...

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