Generation Narcisus

For the first time, I posted a picture of myself within this blog. No More! This is apparently a standard, within the blog posting world. Mine was oddly in relation to the content of a month-long resource, focusing on all that which is related to Halloween; horror, magic, etc. Now, I have serious reservations, and must return to the simple, comfortable,black censor bar which covers one's eyes. Anonymity is no more.. If we can pin point it properly..lets go back to the emergence of reality television..Let's say..MTV's the Real World..This planted a seed..However..American Idol, is what really created the spark years later..This desire, for the everyday civilian, to be special, important, talented, and famous..More so, than the next..Picked from the slums of the ghetto, or the back woods of the bijou, or the from the sprawling suburban cookie cutter neighborhood, or from a penthouse in NYC..This is you, this is me, this is what could potentially be.. everybody/anybody..And now, we all have the same capacity to shine. American Idol in many ways created this NEED..Is has become embedded in the collective consciousness, this desire for fame or notoriety. We see it, everyday, in the media, in the tabloids, and so on. We see, in relation to the heroes we choose. Our presidents, our favorite comic creators, our number one singers,whoever, and whatever else. Substance and deeper meaning, is pretty irrelevant at this point. It's just that one thing, that need to be special, important, the one..Welcome to generation Narcissus...And now there are so many tools to aid one in their quest for billboard time. LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION.. The Internet is a valuable tool for vanity..We have your Face books, your Flick rs, your Twitters,your youtube, your xtube, your whatever social networking vehicles or devices, to display---YOU, in all your glory, in your moment, in your shameless self promotion, and in all your vanity.. A picture is all takes.. Granted, the media has been the mother, at which we suck on this velvety breast..It feeds us, nurtures us, shapes us, and breeds us. Look at the vast array of celebrities and public figures it created and destroyed, so effortlessly.. Looks to who we follow, and why, just think about it..beyond what society has deemed culturally acceptable or valid. Society knows, in the grand scheme,so very little..And here, we are presented, an example of real life, with has nothing to do with real life. The balloon boy crisis..In their tiny hearts and brains, all they ever wanted was a desire to shine in the spotlight.. They yearned for it, they dreamt about it, created an extravagant show to ascertain this grand illusion..And, they ultimately, got what they wanted..They're famous now..But maybe not the way they envisioned perhaps..So the moral of the story? Before you post the picture of yourself in cyberspace, be careful..Later on, you may not get what you bargained for.. Welcome to generation Narcissus