People are voracious. Whatever we have is, well, not quite good enough. I see this in our use of language, where we take words with exceptional meaning and apply them to the ordinary. Awesome! Righteous! Afterwards, we have to coin new words because the old ones have lost their exceptional lustre. Writers labour under the constant pressure of finding new phrases unsullied by previous pens.
I see this in our theatre, where we continually strive after effects which are more special, monsters which are more monstrous, heroes more heroic, and experiences more mind-blowing. Rhetoric and hype drive themselves at ludicrous speed beyond the ridiculous. I assure you, your life will change, because the movies coming this summer will be beyond whatever you have ever seen. Yeah. That’s right. Beyond!
I see this in our jobs, where it’s never enough to keep up with the times – where every company must be growing, all the time.
I see it in our beauty magazines, where picking the most beautiful models isn’t enough – they have to be photoshopped into something more. The most beautiful people in the world aren’t good enough – they even have insecurities, things they hate about themselves.
One Response to "Hungry for more"
It’s called gluttony.