Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Quest for Attention

"Women who post lots of pictures of themselves on Facebook value appearance, need attention, study finds." Shari Roan, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/10/news/la-heb-facebook-vanity-20110310

I don't know if it's possible to escape the need for attention--in fact, I don't know if it's possible to escape the need for exclusive attention. I certainly haven't found a way out of it. That need is part of the reason Facebook is so big.

"I crave attention." It's a theme of the Facebook movie, The Social Network. It's the theme of this fun song. It's the theme of this passage, where God says he's a husband who showers his beautiful wife with eternal love.

2 comments:

MyLittleCornerOfTheWorld said...

True...we all crave attention. We all want our voice to be heard, our feelings validated or assurance that our lives are worth it.

Alyssa Plock said...

Yup. We long to hear "You matter: you matter a lot."