No one uses the ol’ “slip on a banana peel” routine anymore. Used to be that a stunt like that would serve as a pivotal point in a plot.

Same thing can be said for rotten vegetables being thrown at a stage performer. You may see it now, but it used to be a monumental, emotional moment for the character who is on the receiving end of the fruit.

A performer on stage. Exposing their naked soul for all the world to see, only to have it splattered by running tomato juice.

Come to think of it, how many artists expose their soul these days. Plenty do, but you don’t hear about them as often as you should. Why is that?

Maybe we’ve discovered everything as humans that we can at this point, and are waiting on a new awakening of sorts. But in the meanwhile, it is difficult to open ourselves knowing that we only experience the same results over and over again.

Pain can be numbing after awhile, but so can happiness for that matter. Fruit comes from the earth, maybe that is where the new awakening will come from as well.