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| RTomens, 2023 |
I had time this morning to make a collage. It's been weeks since the opportunity arose. Most elements came from this book...
The soundtrack was supplied by Roland Kayn, a master of electronic sound, atmosphere and construction, specifically this piece, THE MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE (2003)
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Likes are likeable.
We all like likes.
What's not to like about likes?
They like your cat! Your baby? Imagine posting a picture of your baby and it only got three likes! Wouldn't that be devastating? Mind you, perhaps posting it in a JG Ballard group wasn't wise.
Someone once admitted to me that they weren't 'brave' enough to post their art on a social media platform. They feared a lack of 'likes'. The humiliation! As I've said before, the gallery without walls is just that for me. My work gets seen by more people than it would if it were hanging on walls in a physical space.
Addiction to likes is presumably what drives most young people to spend most of their days online. Well, you could become an 'influencer' - yes! Who are you influencing though and more to the point, what are you influencing your massive audience to do? Apply make-up certain way? Wear a brand of clothing? More perniciously, to think in a certain way.
Being officially Old, I'm not as addicted to online life as younger generations and for the same reason, don't post excessively. Even artists whose work I like can be annoying by posting a lot. It smacks of desperation (for attention) and annoys me. They become like a fly that won't go away. But then, how much is too much? We each have our own gauge of that.
A piece of mine in the Concrete Formalist Poetry group has garnered 363 likes since I posted it early in December. I mention it only because it probably set a record and I'm totally mystified as to why. It's not as if it stands out amongst all my other pieces posted there. It does not differ radically in style. Well, as they say, go figure!
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