BOOK OF THE FACE
SO, SOME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING, WHY WE DON'T ADDRESS ANY OF THE CURRENT POLITICS OF TODAY. SOME OF THE ISSUES FACING, OUR NATION, OR OUR SOCIETY, AS A WHOLE, ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYBODY'S MIND. BELIEVE ME, I HAVE VERY STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. I, HOWEVER, DON'T WISH THIS SITE TO BE THE GROUNDS FOR THOSE KINDS OF DEBATES. THIS SITE IS NOT FACEBOOK, AND HONESTLY, CERTAIN IDEAS AND OPINIONS, AREN'T GOING TO FLY HERE. FOR THE MOST PART, THE POINT OF THIS BLOG, WAS TO KEEP PEOPLE, UPDATED, INFORMED ABOUT THE BRAND, MOTIVATED, THOUGHT INDUCED, POSITIVELY CHARGED, AND ENTERTAINED. THE OTHER NONSENSE, THAT IS OPINIONATED, FEAR INDUCED, OR SHOCKING, CAN STAY ON FACEBOOK. AWHILE BACK, I TOOK A BIG BREAK FROM FACEBOOK, AND I FOUND MYSELF IN A BETTER PLACE MENTALLY. I FOUND IT QUITE HEALTHY ACTUALLY. BEING THAT WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO ADVERTISE, WE HAVE TO USE SEVERAL SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS, TO REACH OUR AUDIENCES. I'VE FOUND THAT ALL OF THESE WEBSITES, HAVE THEIR OWN NATURE, AND ALL OF THEM RESPOND DIFFERENTLY. HOWEVER, FACEBOOK, SEEMED TO BE THE MOST DISRUPTIVE TO ME. THIS IS NO DISRESPECT TO FACEBOOK ITSELF, BUT, I FOUND THAT THE BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE, WHEN GIVEN AN OPEN PLATFORM TO SPEAK, IS SOME HAUNTING SHIT.
ON THE WHOLE, WE TRY TO BE POSITIVE. WE PROMOTE POSITIVE, INTELLIGENT THOUGHT, THAT ISN'T PLAGUED BY FEAR OR LACK OF COMMON SENSE. WE QUESTION EVERYTHING WITHOUT PROOF, AND NEVER FULLY LATCH ONTO ANY ONE PARTICULAR BELIEF OR IDEAL. SO, YOU CAN SEE, WHY I DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM FACEBOOK. I'VE CAUGHT MYSELF SEVERAL TIMES, WANTING TO REPLY TO SOME OF THE STUPIDITY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, AND I HAVE TO CATCH MYSELF AND ROLL IT BACK. THE FUNNY THING, IS SOMETIMES, IT COMES FROM PEOPLE I KNOW, AND THAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE. I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVOKE CHANGE, AND WE DO, THROUGH OUR CREATIVITY AND IDEAS. HOWEVER, I FIND IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE MINDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. REASON BEING, IS BECAUSE OF THAT INVISIBILITY. THAT DISTANCE, BECAUSE YOU ARE BEHIND A SCREEN, ALLOTS FOR NO REPERCUSSION AND NO COURAGE, IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGE. IT'S EASY TO POST AND RESPOND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE WHEN OPINION AND EMOTION COINCIDE WITH THE EASE OF TYPING, YOU GET AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED METHOD OF EXPRESSION.
IT SEEMS MOST TIMES, THAT THE SITE ITSELF, IS DRIVEN BY FEAR, ANGER, DEPRESSION, SARCASM, AND EMOTION. WHICH CAN BE HARD ON THE MIND, WHEN YOU'RE EXPOSED TO IT ON A DAILY BASIS. THE OTHER HALF IS THE MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES, AND PHOTOS, THAT ARE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ALL SOCIAL MEDIA AND NOT JUST FACEBOOK. IT'S AS IF, WE TAKE THESE MOTIVATIONAL IDEAS AND USE THEM TO EXPRESS HOW WE FEEL AT THE MOMENT. IT'S SORT OF USELESS, BECAUSE, IT DOESN'T USUALLY STICK. WE SIMPLY GIVE IT A LIKE, AND CONTINUE ON SCROLLING. IF YOU WERE TO SINGLE OUT A PERSON ON A PARTICULAR SITE, AND BY SIMPLY LOOKING AT POSTS, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF PERSON THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. IT'S INTERESTING. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, HAVE BECOME OUR BRAIN SPACE. OOH, THAT'S GOOD, I JUST CAME UP WITH THAT. ANYWAY, THE POINT IS, THAT I DON'T WISH FOR THIS SITE TO BECOME WHAT OTHER SITES HAVE DISSOLVED INTO. ALTHOUGH, I DO VALUE OPINION AND PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE, I DON'T FIND RELEVANCE TO THE FEAR AND PETTINESS, IN THE LARGER SCALE. WE HERE AT IMAGINARY FIENDS ARE ALWAYS, THINKING OF THE LARGER SCALE.
THE REASON WE CAN'T COMPLETELY ABDICATE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA IN GENERAL, IS BECAUSE WE USE IT AS A FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT. I DO HOWEVER, FIND MYSELF ON MY PERSONAL PROFILE, SLIDING INTO THE HABIT OF POSTING EMOTIONALLY AND I HAVE TO REFRAIN FROM IT. MOST OF IT, IS FRUSTRATION BECAUSE OF STAGNANT BUSINESS, BUT, HERE AT MY HOUSE WE DON'T WATCH TELEVISION, YES, WE DON'T. WE LIMIT THE THINGS WE ARE EXPOSED TO, AND TO BE QUITE HONEST, IT HAS HELPED BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. I TREAT SOCIAL MEDIA, AS A GAUGE FOR WHERE OUR BUSINESS ON A WHOLE, CAN GO. I DON'T WANT OUR SITE TO BECOME A PLATFORM FOR STUPIDITY AND EMOTIONAL NONSENSE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. WE ARE ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT, OF OUR MINDS, OUR LIVES, AND THE FUTURE. - 925