Comments on: video sarah mclachlan http://ashtarydesign.com/discussion/2008/03/video-sarah-mclachlan/ rietveld studium general discussion blog: design, the world, and beyond Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:16:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: maya http://ashtarydesign.com/discussion/2008/03/video-sarah-mclachlan/#comment-75 maya Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:59:47 +0000 http://ashtarydesign.com/discussion/index.php/2008/video-sarah-mclachlan/#comment-75 wow that is quick :) :) where u behind the comp when i send this :) :) i 'm trying to fight against this perfect life-thing that is going on in the world but from time to time i get sucked in....that's our generation maybe... i saw 2 friends get sucked into anorexia...and it makes u think: for what does that girl stop eating...happiness, so other people will like them better??? people that only judge by the way u look? it's that size 0 ( that nobody has cause it's all fake) the world is too focussed on that size 0. apparently size 0 stands for happiness maybe i 'm going too overboard...still frustrating GGRRRRRRR wow that is quick :) :) where u behind the comp when i send this :) :)

i ‘m trying to fight against this perfect life-thing that is going on in the world but from time to time i get sucked in….that’s our generation maybe…
i saw 2 friends get sucked into anorexia…and it makes u think: for what does that girl stop eating…happiness, so other people will like them better??? people that only judge by the way u look?

it’s that size 0 ( that nobody has cause it’s all fake)
the world is too focussed on that size 0.

apparently size 0 stands for happiness

maybe i ‘m going too overboard…still frustrating GGRRRRRRR

]]> By: Tori http://ashtarydesign.com/discussion/2008/03/video-sarah-mclachlan/#comment-74 Tori Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:45:54 +0000 http://ashtarydesign.com/discussion/index.php/2008/video-sarah-mclachlan/#comment-74 Maya, You have a point! There has been a democritization of snobbery and the facade of wealth in the past 30 years. It is a major culture shift. Many people wonder how it can shift back? Some people are even successful ignoring it. But it *is* insipid and damaging. I am not anti-commercialism, but i do see that in my world, there are only pockets left that maintain a healthy balance. Maya, You have a point! There has been a democritization of snobbery and the facade of wealth in the past 30 years. It is a major culture shift.

Many people wonder how it can shift back? Some people are even successful ignoring it. But it *is* insipid and damaging.

I am not anti-commercialism, but i do see that in my world, there are only pockets left that maintain a healthy balance.

]]> By: maya http://ashtarydesign.com/discussion/2008/03/video-sarah-mclachlan/#comment-73 maya Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:58:40 +0000 http://ashtarydesign.com/discussion/index.php/2008/video-sarah-mclachlan/#comment-73 of course it goes both ways but it made me see the waste of money...people are dying off hunger...food...that is in our reach yet we spend money on entertainment, make-up, to hide a birthmark we don't like... it's cruel cause by ourselves we have almost no power to achieve world peace, no hunger or any of the things we claim we want so much but if there's one less sitcom or soap opera or music video or a millions other things, we can spend that money on food or making a country safer or anything else...makes me wonder about our values to life...our goals. if u ask a child of this century what it wants to be when it grows up...9 out of 10 it's : i want to be rich. is that our standard today?...does money really stand for happiness is that what we think, believe?? today this day a perfect life equals: a size 0, rich with the perfect partner with bleached teeth, best clothes , food, 2 cars....great job that pays even when u sleep.. i can go on and on about this...frustrating GGRRRRRRRRRR maya of course it goes both ways but it made me see the waste of money…people are dying off hunger…food…that is in our reach yet we spend money on entertainment, make-up, to hide a birthmark we don’t like…
it’s cruel cause by ourselves we have almost no power to achieve world peace, no hunger or any of the things we claim we want so much but if there’s one less sitcom or soap opera or music video or a millions other things, we can spend that money on food or making a country safer or anything else…makes me wonder about our values to life…our goals.
if u ask a child of this century what it wants to be when it grows up…9 out of 10 it’s : i want to be rich.
is that our standard today?…does money really stand for happiness
is that what we think, believe??
today this day a perfect life equals: a size 0, rich with the perfect partner with bleached teeth, best clothes , food, 2 cars….great job that pays even when u sleep..

i can go on and on about this…frustrating GGRRRRRRRRRR

maya

]]> By: Tori http://ashtarydesign.com/discussion/2008/03/video-sarah-mclachlan/#comment-66 Tori Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:28:52 +0000 http://ashtarydesign.com/discussion/index.php/2008/video-sarah-mclachlan/#comment-66 Maya, Thanks for adding this. I did find myself wondering about a similar breakdown. How many people earn their livings from the money she did not spend on her video and where does *that* money go as well? I do like the idea of spending money more creatively. Maya, Thanks for adding this. I did find myself wondering about a similar breakdown. How many people earn their livings from the money she did not spend on her video and where does *that* money go as well?

I do like the idea of spending money more creatively.

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