Look, you know it and I know it, we're all huge showoffs. Everything we do is to make someone think we're cooler than we really are. An article today in the Guardian talks about how people often carry two books while traveling, one for show and one that they actually read. I found that very interesting and it got me thinking about Flickr, blogs, etc. I mean, we "set design" our houses to some extent hoping that somebody will notice your amazingly diverse and impressive book collection or your clever and hip music collection. We write these blogs, sometimes for a point, sometimes to vent, but always [well, usually] with the secret hope of expanding our audience. We talk about nothing in particular but hope that someone notices our unique qualities whether it be clever, or smart, or funny, or brash. And I'll admit that I'm guilty here on this blog and with my Flickr account, too. I want people to notice when I take a cool picture and am a little hurt if nobody looks at the ones I think are great. I do understand that it's neat to share with friends, but secretly [or perhaps not so secretly] we want a wider audience. We want people to notice that our parties are hardier, our friends are cooler, and our sunsets are...um...sunsettier than theirs. We want to be cool. We're creating new ways to network socially: flickr, friendster, myspace, craigslist, etc. But do we ever meet these people? Is it just so we can say we "know" someone across the world? Does it ever culminate in physical meeting? Or is physicality a thing of the past? (I know for me it is...not by choice) Are these interactions fulfilling? Is it just a byproduct of our reliance on computers? Or is the internet just another forum for showing off? Is art considered showing off? We want people to appreciate the beauty or poignancy of whatever piece we make, but why? Fame? Wealth? Recognition?
Could this post be any more pretentious? With twelve questions in a row? What is my problem? Gotta go, later?
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