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August 16, 2005

Interesting:
People refuse to accept the fact that reality is becoming indistinguishable from representation. This is a hard idea to accept, although the "virtual world" is certainly everywhere.

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Jan Saudek, The Kitsch, 1991

Is it difficult to accept that we view the world through our visual culture; one that is so shaped by publicity, media and advertising?

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 10:43 PM | | Comments (1)
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Quote from Anais Nin:
"We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are."