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"There is an element of hubris in the capturing of
reality that is the perfect image; perhaps this explains the deep suspicion
many religious traditions have of images of the divine or even of humans,
animals, and objects. Judaism and Islam do without them altogether, as did
Buddhism until Alexander the Great brought Greek culture, with its obsession
with mortality and, not coincidentally, with images, to India. There are also
many cultures that resist having their photographs taken, intuiting perhaps the
hubris and futility of the pseudo-immortality it suggests, or the Faustian
exchange of a moment in time, which is real, for the frozen representation of a
moment, which is not.
Indeed I have noticed that cameras and - even
worse - videotaping tend to detract from the happy events they are supposed to
preserve on film. Taking photographs at birthday parties and weddings to
preserve those happy memories substitutes an image for an experience, and can
sometimes imbue the event with a staged feel, as if it were not real, as if it
were an enactment to be enjoyed later. It is as if we are uncomfortable with
real moments and prefer to experience them from a distance, second-hand. In the
most extreme case, the photographic or video recording of the event comes to
completely define the event itself - certainly the case in the realm of public
relations and politics.
A small but significant way to reduce the
alienation of modern life is to put down the camera and participate fully in
the moment, rather than trying, futilely, to preserve the moment on film. The
compulsion to record everything bespeaks the underlying anxiety of modern life,
the conviction, stemming from measured time, that our lives are slipping away
from us day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment.
I have noticed that
when I look at my sons' baby pictures my main emotion is wistfulness, a regret
that I did not truly and fully appreciate those precious, unique times. I can
seldom look at my most treasured photographs without feeling sadness and
regret.
It is much better to enjoy each beautiful moment in the serene
knowledge that an infinity of equally yet differently beautiful moments await."
- Charles
Eisenstein
Image
is defined as:
An apparition.
Imagine; see in one's mind.
A standard or typical example.
An
iconic mental
representation .
From the root of imitari to imitate.
A vivid description or
representation.
A personal facade one presents to society.
A reproduction of the
form of an
individual or
object.
A mental
picture of some thing not real or
present.
The likeness of any thing to
which worship is paid; an
idol.
The opinion or concept of some
thing that is held by the
public.
A representation of
any thing to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an
idea.
An optically formed duplicate,
counterpart, or other
representative reproduction of an
object.
The character projected to the
public of an
individual or
institution as
interpreted by the
mass media.
To represent to the
mental vision; to
form a likeness of by the
fancy or recollection; to imagine.
A concrete representation, as in
art, literature, or
music, that is
expressive or evocative of some
thing else.
An
imitation, representation, or similitude of any
individual,
thing, or
act, sculptured, drawn,
painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight;
a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.
See image
See
fantasy
See thoughts
See thought image
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of reality outside personal experience has created a populace unable to discern
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