Most of the photos we are constantly exposed to in everyday life are manufactured lies. Just look at a magazine cover and you'll probably see a staged photo that's gone through color corrections and editing and who knows what else to become something completely different than the moment it initially captured. Sometimes, it can be regarded as art, sometimes however, it can trick people into believing lies. I partially agree with Sontag when she calls photos "the most irresistible form of mental pollution" (Sontag, 39). The magazines everyone has seen, filled with beautiful, perfect beings are always so enticing. They represent dreams, people idolize celebrities because they look perfect, and whether we intend to or not, I think everyone subconsciously sees what people in the media look like as a standard they must live up to. This reminds me of when earlier this year I read about how the British Actress Jameela Jamil, starting pointing out how w...
Language is so meticulous. Some people ponder for hours, crafting the perfect speech, planning every word, every hand gesture, perfecting tone, volume, rate, when to smile, when to look somber, and when to pause. While others simply blurt out everything that pops into their heads and only really realize what they have said after the fact. But I am generalizing here, because along with these groups there is also another group of people that switch back and forth between the two. I'd categorize myself in this group, in some situations I am highly meticulous and in some I'm not. It's interesting, how either so much or so little thought or effort can be put into speech. We alter the way we talk depending on who we are talking too, where we are, how we feel, how the other person feels, and context. A lot of important factors we use to determine the tone that we will use, or whether we should crack that risky joke are all factors that we must sense ...