TV is GOD! Kill your Television or Not.

I really like this photography studio called Institutional Green, their slogan is "finding beauty in the dissonance."

I really love this image because it really sums up what I am feeling about what mainstream television and network news and reality TV is all about.

People in this world have latched onto television as though it were the de facto truth teller. If its on the network news its got to be true. Which also means that if it's not on the network news, ah then it must be at the very least a lie and better yet a conspiracy. These people are watching this tube and they are doing everything it tells them to do; it creates confusion in their minds so they are always asking themselves "what do I do?" It exploits all their fears and vulnerabilities in order to assault their senses and manipulate their minds; to control their thoughts.

It demands obedience by showing us why we aren't happy and how to make ourselves happier if only we consume. It constantly is telling us that we are not good enough because we have body odor, we don't pee enough or we pee too much, we don't have enough hair or it isn't shinny enough, our bodies are too fat, we are ugly, we are over worked and need a vacation, we need to buy life insurance because we are definitely going to die some day, etc, and etc, and etc. I am sure many of you can think of dozens of commercial examples that would have demonstrated these things.

Television has become the god, the mighty oracle that validates reality for millions of people all over the world. It is the most powerful medium because it can speak volumes in seconds. It can make or break anyone at any time. There are but a few who control and wield such power and they are the corporations that own the airwaves and they ultimately decide the reality they want us to accept.

However on Current TV we have something entirely different than that so I don't entirely agree with the statement "kill your TV" because I can see that TV is the most powerful medium and what we need are more voices, more channels of communication. We need more current TV channels so more voices can be heard through this medium.

Demand equal access to the GOD so we can help to wake up GOD's children (metaphorically speaking of course!)