The Spectacle We Made of Everything

We have destroyed all the beautiful things in the world by turning them into a performance for social media. Every ritual, every piece of memory, every moment we once held sacred has been converted into a spectacle to be showcased online so we could prove to the world that we were truly alive. Weddings used to be the most important day in two people's lives. The camera used to capture the moments as they actually felt. When you looked back at those photographs, they brought smiles to your faces because you could still recollect what you were thinking, what was happening around you. Now everything has been reduced to an act. The smiles are fake, the laughter is fake, and all the candid shots are no longer candid. The same applies to raising children. Kids are the most joyful bundle of wonder, but the moment they are born, their parents are already choreographing adorable moments to be captured and circulated on social media. Those moments no longer feel genuine because the spontaneity…