Daniela Detera
@danidee
Daniela Detera
Our idea of the “self” is making us miserable.
Cult of the self is nothing but a one man religion and it’s just our normalized ideology now.
Thoughts I had after watching professor jiang’s lecture in “How modernism ruined everything” if you want to check it... See more
tiktok.comIt is in this light that my victimhood begins to slough off like the skin of a snake. I see how I have been unable to forgive life for what it demands of us, for what it forces us to grow into and inside. I have been denying my place on the web and complaining about the order of things. I have wanted to remain small and weep under life's skirt, and
... See moreYet what they best represent is the current state of art, where artists must skillfully package themselves as products for buyers to consume.
It’s precisely the kind of work that is uncomfortable for most artists, who by definition concern themselves with what it means to be a person in the world, not what it means to be a brand.
It’s precisely the kind of work that is uncomfortable for most artists, who by definition concern themselves with what it means to be a person in the world, not what it means to be a brand.
Rebecca Jennings • Everybody Has to Self-Promote Now. Nobody Wants To.
Echoes of my studies in Communications filled my head: Why did we need to commodify ourselves? Why couldn't we just have space to be?
Camille Mendoza • The Gentle Art of Being Seen: Reframing Personal Branding
When I stopped thinking of consistency as discipline and started seeing it as devotion, I finally felt like I could breathe! It became about trust, not tracking. About showing up because I love where I’m going, not because I hate where I am.
Consistency started to look like self respect, not control. It wasn’t about hustling more or forcing myself to check 99 boxes before breakfast. It was about loving myself enough to honor the vision I have for my life, even when I’d rather hide under the covers
What you see is the healthy young men getting there first, getting the food and not just getting one box. They break open the boxes, they have sacks, and then the smaller young kids and women will come. That hierarchy is the law of the jungle. That’s what it is. And that’s one of the reasons why starvation of civilians is prohibited and why
... See moreAnd the big worry now is that the basic norm or value of respecting humanity and human life is just being shredded. And everyone, whether they’re Sudanese or Palestinian or Syrian, will suffer from that.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-to-prevent-more-starvation-deaths-in-gaza
before facebook, people kept their personal lives mostly private, it just wasn’t the norm to broadcast everything. you didn’t even think to do it.
but now, public sharing of your private life is almost default, ppl chase quick validation which often results in so much stress.
my friends who... See more
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