Upon reading the
beginning section of part one of Youngblood’s work, I feel our
ability to see farther has of course come to fruition, but at the
price of a sort of filter put in front of our eyes. We end up seeing
a vast array of different spectacles and virtual realities in which
any number of truths may make themselves present, but it is isolating
us from our fellow audience sitting right next to us. Our ability to
look out has of course grown exponentially as we have all these
realities in cinema, media, video games, and other outlets that are
at our finger tips to keep ourselves entertained and engaged. Many of
us rush from place to place, constantly waiting for the next episode
or media marvel to take the spotlight. This light, while enhancing
our scope of the world, also vignettes our peripheral visions of
those that in our vicinity, making them seem less significant than us
or our alternate worlds. We need to be aware that, while we can see
farther into our world, we need also remember that there are fellow
passengers on this rock upon which we travel the cosmos. We shouldn’t
forget that no matter how expanded our cinema gets, it shouldn’t
isolate our understanding of others in our native reality.
Inevitably, we begin to compare
ourselves to these larger than life personas and find ourselves
deficient in some way, whether it is one’s body image or one’s
unattained image of success. As a result, we feel compelled to wear a
mask as we bare ourselves on social media or social occasions. In
effect, we have become a superficial utopia, in which everything
seems to be doing fine.
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