Archive for March 20th, 2005
The Transferance of Normalcy

Have you ever watched “The Surreal Life” and wondered why no one seems normal? Even the guy who seems like someone I might actually know isn’t quite right. But then what is normal? If most people aspire to be like the images portrayed on television, do those images then become normal? For instance, if I try to keep up with the Joneses who are trying to be like characters in a movie, am I actually trying to be what I consider normal or am I mistakenly working to become the very thing that appears abnormal in my eyes but completely normative in the eyes of others?