Are we willing to subject ourselves to the same cycle—overshare, hate hate hate, rinse, repeat—for the sake of a higher position in social media’s good graces?
sometimes, I think of social media as a lens, like we've all seen a tree before, but I want to show you how I view the tree; I crop it, maybe lower the exposure so the various green-colored leaves can pop, and then I add a stupid caption to it to describe how I felt about it ;) But again, the fear of being too vulnerable with how I feel about my view/”lens” comes up often as if I'm sharing too much.
this was such a wonderful piece! I loved reading it :) I think about this concept too in the sense I want to write for the sake of writing but there's always my most intimate emotions attached to those pieces of writing like love, heartbreak, and sadness. It feels like the writing starts becoming a tad too autobiographical, but at the same time all writing has some truth to it. Like you mentioned, it still feels very vulnerable and I'm often left stuck on how much of my life I want on my internet and the same thing extends to the aesthetic of curating Instagram photo dumps etc. Anyway, your writing resonated a lot with me!
sometimes, I think of social media as a lens, like we've all seen a tree before, but I want to show you how I view the tree; I crop it, maybe lower the exposure so the various green-colored leaves can pop, and then I add a stupid caption to it to describe how I felt about it ;) But again, the fear of being too vulnerable with how I feel about my view/”lens” comes up often as if I'm sharing too much.
Thank you for sharing!!!
this was such a wonderful piece! I loved reading it :) I think about this concept too in the sense I want to write for the sake of writing but there's always my most intimate emotions attached to those pieces of writing like love, heartbreak, and sadness. It feels like the writing starts becoming a tad too autobiographical, but at the same time all writing has some truth to it. Like you mentioned, it still feels very vulnerable and I'm often left stuck on how much of my life I want on my internet and the same thing extends to the aesthetic of curating Instagram photo dumps etc. Anyway, your writing resonated a lot with me!
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Love this!