In search of something real

We spend an awful lot of time identifying ourselves with objects and ideas that are not a part of ourselves. Virtually how we describe ourselves has been in some way or another pre-furbished and processed for us to reroute as an object of our identity. Movies, music, television, fashion, and other forms of media expression act as substitutes for a real identity. Anyone with even a shallow understanding of these things knows full and well that they are all part of a business -- items and investments introduced to our culture to earn revenue.

I am torn on this. On one hand, these bodies are all types of art -- and art is part of the human condition. Since we have possessed emotion we have have identified with art. There great deal of this art out there to identify with. The strongest market in the world is the sale of identity. And yet, I wholeheartedly reject the urge to seek an identity tied to a form of processed media. Not out of some desire to "stick it to the man", but because these things --compared to a HUMAN BEING -- are simply fake.