From yoga classes to the idealization of tribal life

Thoughts about Mediocrity and Ordinariness

Image. Idealized Image. How about Social Media Image? Or Professional Perfection Image? I’d prefer to call all this noise innate and socially acceptable narcissism. I have been in a state of ennui in reference to the changes in the world. For me, my day to day life is awesome. I don’t need to proclaim this or let this fact change who I am. I would love it, though, if more people could truly feel like they have a place in the world where there is no need to pretend.

Words and phrases have been going through my head lately in reference to our disconnected connected reality. It bothers me immensely that we only get to “see” into people’s lives through the lens of what they choose to share. There is an innate comparison and competition in the screen reality. Whenever we lose sight of the whole, we have lost a part of the self. Our modern world makes it too easy to pedestal reality (our own and others). We are left with choice. To fight against reality, be defeated by it, or strive to becom…