Monday, March 05, 2012

Whether Reality Matters Anymore?


Imagine a building encased in ice? Why not?

$300.00 a night for a room in Quebec's Ice Hotel replete with a bed made of ice. And here I am in my almost warm study encased in a turtle neck and a sweatshirt, with my shoulders hunched up to my ears.

The Ice Hotel in Sweden advertises-- sleep well at -5 C.

Imagine this skyscraper inside of an iceberg? Why not? Everything is possible with editing effects.

How do you discern what is real? Or is it a different reality. One you create.

We now have writers who toss aside facts when they alter their own truth. One writer recently said that in the pursuit of truth fidelity to facts becomes irrelevant. Thus a new self-defined reality emerges. But what is the reader to think?

Will we become inured to the metamorphosis of facts or photos?

Will we accept myriad permutations of a photograph?

Will facts lose their relevance? Perhaps our reality will be transitory.

There's even a Church of Reality where reality is studied. Their web site states that they are not a scam and, according to their own words, the IRS has approved their tax exempt status.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Jan said...

Reality? Politicians seem to live according to their own reality in the US, at least. Sad, really.

Good post, Linda.

March 06, 2012  

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