We want things to change but, at the same time, hope that everything stays the same. Conservatives all, we yearn for new things. The apples are always sweeter from the other side of the fence, but the neighbors over there have a fierce dog that will bite the arse out of your pants. Strangeness tempts you. However, the colorful overseas holiday will eat a hole in your bank account.
Foreign travel is grand, but it also narrows the mind.
The other trick that change has up its Goretex sleeve is the illusion of progress. A new model car is always better than its predecessors, in mysterious ways. And creative spirits who declare themselves to be avant-garde imagine that they have arrived at Where It Is. But being up to date is also being in fashion, and fashion is a juggernaut immensely bigger than the avant-garde. It goes with champagne, but in other respects it keeps on changing.