I am settling down for the night and decided to read an old essay of Chesterton’s called on lying in bed. I found myself wondering whether Chesterton would appreciate the iPhone. I can lie down and blog, draw, or even make music with this little thing. I think he would appreciate that. However I also think he would worry that we’d do what we all too often do: Bury our nose in the device and miss the adventure unfolding before us. Forgetting to embrace the journey of real life. It is one thing to enjoy the distractions of lying in bed with an iPhone. If is quite another to live there.
You can read the whole essay here: http://www.online-literature.com/chesterton/tremendous-trifles/10/
Can you draw on the ceiling with an iPhone? This is would an important question for Chesterton.
Using some of the Augmented Reality apps you can make it look like you are drawing on the ceiling. I think Chesterton would appreciate the iPhone, it would make more adventures a possibility. And he could wave the lightsabre app around while dictating his novels.