I think Ross’ ideas are very relavent to today’s society. We deal with a world that is constantly throwing ideologies at us. Even though we know a lot of them aren’t true, we will still take that placebo to “lose weight and feel great” or try and handle circumstances as simply and effectively as shown in an episode of “Family Ties.” For Ross, “all you have is ideologies,” as if there is a wall of haze between the text and the reader, always there to change the truth. I associated this with believing people have rose colored eyes, permanently seeing their world through an idealistic filter. Ross says there is a false relationship we have with the world around us. I think that it is definitely dangerous to be looking around wishing and hoping for things that aren’t practical to you.
For example, envying someone that has a great job, yet your talents are elsewhere, having nothing to do with the work that this particular person does day in and day out. As she has a smile on her face due to the joy it brings her to walk our her own talent, as you are trying to follow her exact footprints to catch that happiness, so to speak, your smiles are leaving you. Another thought is pictures. Some pictures, like the ones in frames you buy at the store, containing smiles that are ready to burst through the page at you and are lathered with content happy families can be misleading. The purchaser might even buy that frame because they felt nice looking at it, and somewhere deep down wished they had a family like that. Taking a step back, how does she know they don’t get into arguments, and why is she wrapping up their whole family life into one small picture; one small joyous moment? This is an ideology we all fall into, according to what we desire.
No comments:
Post a Comment