The culture of glory is not good. The culture of sharing only the best, the good, the positive, is not good. Then we only get to see the milestones, achievements, success stories of people.
The doubt, fear, disappointments, aloneness, all gets forgotten somewhere, inspite of being very crucial in the journey.
This gives an impression that these are not important to the story, the journey. Instead they are weaknesses. It shows a very different picture from what the reality is, and puts a lot of pressure on the individuals in the society.
The doubt, fear, disappointments, aloneness, all gets forgotten somewhere, inspite of being very crucial in the journey.
This gives an impression that these are not important to the story, the journey. Instead they are weaknesses. It shows a very different picture from what the reality is, and puts a lot of pressure on the individuals in the society.
Think about it, do we share these moments on social media as casually as we do our fun/happy moments? No. For me, whatsapp status and DP are a sort of an expression of my current state of being and thinking. But when I'm low, ill usually just not have a DP. Is there even such a thing as being sad in photos?
Now I'm not saying lets all post sad stuff, but all of this is just a reflection of how we are conditioned to express ourselves, to show only a particular side of ourselves. Nor only does it result in our incomplete expression, but it also leads to other people also seeing only part of us. I just feel this isn't right. Nor for individuals, neither for the society as a whole. It has repercussions that go a lot beyond our profile on social media. We condition and recondition ourselves to live a certain way; without realising, get an image of other people thats incomplete.
I believe this selective sharing that our society conditions us to do, so skilfully, is really killing parts of individuals. And you really can't be half dead, can you?
Biopics on achievers show both the struggle and the success. Autobiographies and biographies usually give the highs and the lows of the individual. Yes society does encourage a kind of " selective sharing " and personal sorrow and frustrations are not often shared on social media but that is how society conditions humans to be. Divide and double your joy but not your sorrow is the mantra. Its not ideal but then is there such a thing as an ideal society? These are just some of my personal views sharing them with yours.
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