Saturday, May 22, 2010

on social networking and the internet.....

it occurs to me, and i'm sure to you as well,
from time to time....
that the internet creates a kind of potential
 'platform for FRAUD'.....
that while there exists a 'photo' of a gorgeous creature on the
 'EVER ILLUMINED PROFILE'.....
in reality, there can be a 'hunch back with NO TEETH'......
on the other end of the computer....
it's cause for concern, as we WANT TO BELIEVE that these
'heroes' of ours
 ARE WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE.....
but something in the back of our minds tells us differently......
nonetheless.....
we continue to 'perpetuate the illusion'.....
teaming up with 'kwasimoto'....
as it were....
because his WORDS affect us....
his words pierce through our THICK SKIN....
and so what if he's not MS. UNIVERSE .....
so what !!
his concepts and his ability to sway the viewers with 'brass tacks'
and SHOCK VALUE....
make him worthy of note......
it's a different world that we live in today....
'airbrushing' is all the rage.....

IS IT ALL RELATIVE ?

What makes a traumatic situation real and not somehow sensationalized or exaggerated ? What constitutes real trauma ? Is it all relative ? I...