Rant/Link: Boston Globe - The Big Picture

I cannot fathom the credibility (or lack thereof) within the media these days. Not only am I unsatisfied with the "issues" society undeniably thirsts for (currently the "most viewed" article on the Daily News is titled: "USC freshman running back Baxter gets into spin zone") but also with how writers, being the craftspeople that they are, mold our headlines, articles and the like into beasts. These ravenous beasts, though occasionally tamed, tarnish the majority's opinion by existing as the only opinion he or she is exposed to. This monster, therefore, roams across a human being's most cherished possession, the mind, in hopes of never crossing paths with another of his kind - dare I say, another opinion?

Images, too, reproduce their own creatures - maybe even more so than articles themselves. Blinded by what one feels is "the truth," images invoke a sense of trust between the viewer and photographer. Yet, that little brooding demon by the name of Perspective triggers the emotions that we feel (or do not feel). Almost in an instant, what one considers valid, transfigures into a furtive fiend - both text and photography possessing their own form of unmistakable notions.

Of course, one may counter "the media is not credible" with "nothing in life is credible;" to which, I wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately, our experiences subsume the only rationalities of life itself; even the refutations, regardless of the fragmented honesty they may proclaim, have a spin catering to our own favorable outcome.

Therefore, in order to formulate a compelling opinion, one must illuminate various vantage points. Rather than nurturing a single beast that embraces a mere glimpse of yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's happenings, one must tame various brutes that compose the fundamentals of human opinion. Only then, after dedicating a plethora of time to [at least somewhat] comprehend the reasoning behind such masterminds, is one left with a definite feel for an "opinion." At that moment, rather than cloning beast after beast, one manifests his or her own.


The Boston Globe has a great collection of images from current events. Take a gander and begin conceiving your own, atypical, animal.

-Mon