The Facebook that I see has a flood of streaming photos with
cute girls and boys of all ages and persuasions, stunning CUs of flowers and
nature, thousands of smiling classmates posing with V-fingers or horror movie
faces, a few soft-core effective body photos, political pro-human/anti-evil
protests, serious truthful international news from the Colonialist BBC and
Muslim TV station, pro-Obama public relations that I want to believe (with the
instinctive hateful anti-Obama comments), lots of YouTube videos interesting
and not, really funny sites with all levels of humor and social satire,
delicious food food food, photos of patterns and of nothing that are real art,
graffiti and official museum art, insightful film reviews, a few ads for things
I don't use or don't like or can't afford, endless good-feeling sayings and
advice that no one who is human can ever follow.
This is my Facebook....hundreds of friends I never meet, and
cannot touch with my hands, brain, heart, or spirit. This is Communication in
the 21st Century. I prefer the 20th Century, or 18th, or 15th..... except I
probably would have died of plague, starvation, war, or torture by now, and
wouldn't have been an artist or teacher creating in relative freedom and
security.
I'm naively and deeply disappointed in the Facebook God, but
not in the Facebook users.
[Painting by artist Andrew,
on Facebook]
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