Striking beauty is underrated.

Noone has the time to reflect into the subtleties. We want something striking, something powerful, something instant. Photo frames of visual satisfaction. Captivation has transformed from the written word to cheap billboards.

We want sexy

We want impulse

We want luxury

It is a human impulse we have inherited to focus on the straightforward and trample upon anything that takes a moment or two to digest.

Fawning over tacky advertisements and airbrushed reality instead of paying attention to what's infront of our own faces. Blinded by the fog of media's illusion.

We are being hit by the plague of beauty illiteracy.

Blocking the fine arts and binging on limelight fantasy.

From a few generations, we've skipped from Madame Butterfly to Jersey Shore.

Shakespeare to Perez Hilton

Emmerson to The Simpsons

Chopin to American Idol

regressing faster and faster.

What's really to be proud of? The fact that we have variety from millions of different entertainment... or the amnesia of artistic talent.