I own a few cameras: some fancy digital ones and some less fancy film ones. But only one of them doesn’t require batteries. It’s glorious. No charging. No risk of running out of power. It will still take photos in a day, week, or month long blackout.
My pencil will still write on paper. My sharpener will still sharpen the pencil. My brush can still makes marks on a canvas. My stick can still cut grooves into dirt.
Sometimes it’s easy to forget how little we need to an express an idea or feeling. In a world that’s designed for hyper-optimisation and hellbent on convincing us we need another specific tool or technology, it’s worth remembering that a stick and some dirt can do the job just fine.