Photos used to capture
A time
A place
Not alter one
Now
With the power of the internet
The power of computers
Someone’s photo is nothing more
Than an altered reality
An elusion
A mirage
Water only drinkable to the ones that are fooled
With the click of a button
All imperfections are removed
Wrinkles
Blemishes
Age
Weight
Hair color
The scars of life are gone
Leaving folks looking a lot like
Some of those TV evangelists in the 1980s
Faces plastered with makeup
Filtering what the camera would see
Plastic s...
Published on November 21, 2014 02:44