Pretty faces and Thoughts

Surreal personalities in showbiz and how they affect our lives and decisions. The Media and Showbiz, for some, are escape-routes out of the real world, but for the vast majority of us on whom these are thrust upon on our day to day life, these are sub-conscious programmers of our memory and behaviour. Media and Showbiz glorify that which allures the senses - be it reality or virtual. And those who have grown up with such constant exposure carry a surreal notion of the world. The beauty, intellect and manners of reality don't appeal them anymore -- they would like to cling and clamour their showbiz and media ideals. While most would disregard this effect saying 'They know what's real and what's not,' they don't realise the harm that's done to them sub-consciously. Prejudice and stereotyping of people and judgement in comparison with their showbiz and media ideals in looks, intellect, manner and form are getting widespread. As a result people are frustrated with reality as it doesn't match up to their expectations -- children turn hostile towards their parents when they see smart and flawless parents and happy families in commercials, flawless skin and skin colour have become determinants of a person's beauty, people foster wrong ideas about relationships, youth curse their fate when they're unable to afford "cool" gadgets and vehicles.

Thoughts - do they define us or are they mere attributes? Ever since I could think, I've been surviving on the notion that "I'm what I think." This seems quite straightforward as thoughts stand out to be the primary differentiating factor among people. However, of late, it appears to me that thoughts are merely the attributes of a person, alongside emotions, manners and instinctive actions.