Demons. I laughed out loud at the Ryan Gosling comment. It’s a good example though. There’s a kind of consumptive approach to movies on display there where one tries to find oneself in a character that seems cool and transgressive. But that’s definitely lacking the confessional approach to self-articulation, which is decidedly less cool and more painful on the front end.
1. When discussing how we were designed to live in community, you were /this/ close to talking about demons - I could feel it!
2. The concept of confession as authenticity is such a foreign concept to our social media minds. When we confess to one another, we are showing off the worst parts of ourselves, instead of the best. I will be chewing on this for some time.
Like Stories of Old's most recent video is about how many modern films are focused on "relatability" and I think there's more discussion to be had on relating to Homer's Odyssey vs. relating to the people you see on social media (the "messy influencer). I do think there's a major difference between finding meaning in the larger story of humanity and feeling like Ryan Gosling's character in Drive is "literally me".
Demons. I laughed out loud at the Ryan Gosling comment. It’s a good example though. There’s a kind of consumptive approach to movies on display there where one tries to find oneself in a character that seems cool and transgressive. But that’s definitely lacking the confessional approach to self-articulation, which is decidedly less cool and more painful on the front end.
1. When discussing how we were designed to live in community, you were /this/ close to talking about demons - I could feel it!
2. The concept of confession as authenticity is such a foreign concept to our social media minds. When we confess to one another, we are showing off the worst parts of ourselves, instead of the best. I will be chewing on this for some time.
Like Stories of Old's most recent video is about how many modern films are focused on "relatability" and I think there's more discussion to be had on relating to Homer's Odyssey vs. relating to the people you see on social media (the "messy influencer). I do think there's a major difference between finding meaning in the larger story of humanity and feeling like Ryan Gosling's character in Drive is "literally me".