Random thought of the night...
Remember that silly phrase, perhaps made most famous by the now infamous Pee Wee Herman, of "Take a picture; it'll last longer" (do you think Pee Wee included the semi-colon?)? Is that necessarily true?
The human brain can do amazing things, one of which i'm sure is store & recall life-scenes for a long, long time. Perhaps long after a photograph degrades, what with its chemicals and cheap paper stock and all. Maybe an old-timer could tell us.
I thought of this while watching an old U2 concert on VH1 Classic. These dudes (media?) in the front row were snapping away with Bono in sneezing range. Missing the real reality to capture a two-dimensional archive. I could have sworn i noticed a smirk on Bono's face; maybe he was thinking the same dumb thoughts as me.
And could we not say the same about the artificial reality of the internet, with faux friends in ourspace, faux conversations on message boards, not to mention the faux intimacy that so many seek in this medium. How much of real life are we all missing, i ask of the ether?
2 comments:
OK Mike, I kind of agree with you about pictures. I prefer to just experience the moment. But I think you're way over the top on your "faux" comments. Cyberspace is just another extension of real life, IMO. Sure, there's a lot of garbage out there, but the nature of the medium doesn't necessarily make an experience less real. Chill just a bit! :-)
Good to see you posting again...
Regards,
Matt
hi Matt, thanks for checking in.
Hey, i did call my own thoughts "dumb", so it wasn't an entirely earnest posting. :-)
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