XXXIV

Artifice

Instantaneous. Influenced by the rapid technology, we seek pleasures that instantly satisfy. Patience is a virtue we, as a culture, lack greatly. Driven by such whims, we act before pondering the full consequences of our actions. But even more so detrimental, we have become succumb to the woes of artifice.

Accustom to rapid movement of trends and society, we oscillate between desires. We seek the newest, latest, and greatest, though we are not fully aware of who we are as individuals. Attempting to follow trends, we become nothing but artificial. We crave for the latest, simply because it is popular. However, if we are truly aware of our own personalities and needs, we quickly realize, trends are usually nothing more than artifice. They add no value to life nor do we truly need the advertised product.

Depth and realness are stripped from our modern day society, for we are content with superficial pleasures. Although, if we study the true emotions of ourselves and others, we realize these superficial pleasures never seem to satisfy. We want more. Something better. We crave depth and realness, for we drown in a sea of artificiality. For if nothing in our lives contains meaning, what then is the purpose behind every action, word, thought, and deed we produce? Without depth, can our lives even have a purpose, or is this all just meaningless folly?