"Pictures in my head"... I wonder if they hear voices too....

For this week, I didn't know exactly where to go for this blog. So I began reading a few others and found that I wasn't alone in this, but I'll give it a shot.

Everyone has a limited reality, mainly because I find it highly impossible to travel all over the world to scope out different cultures or "realities." However, lets say (hypothetically) someone really could go to every different culture or society. Is it really possible to learn from each and everyone of them, I would hope so but I don't think that it would really be possible. I know that many people try to stay open minded, but there is always going to be a slight part of them that is set in their ways and unable to change. To sum this little ramble up, I think everyone has a limited reality to begin with.

I think that if I were to engage in more media, for example the news or the papers, that it would enlarge my "reality." I think this is very important, since many of the global happenings are very influential to local communities. If I were more aware of this, I think it would enable me to better influence those around me.

It's very important to analyze the messages that you are recieving, mainly due to the impact of the gate keeper. The source of the message will determine the bias and influences that the message is supposed to convey. These can be very persuasive, as they are often meant to be. It's important to not let yourself be persuaded by an unjust influence.

I'm not one to just accept something that I read or hear. I've learned from a young age that it's very important not to be naive. I think that if you just accept the messages that people are giving you that you can be easily lead astray and molded into whatever it is they want. And that's not such a good thing.