WE CONFUSE THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE, A REFLECTION BACK TO US OF OURSELVES, WITH THE DIVINE.TRUE REALITY IS OBLITERATED FROM OUR CONSCIOUSNESS.IT IS THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE THAT INFORMS AND DEFINES US.IT IS THE IMAGE THAT GIVES US OUR IDENTITY.IT IS THE IMAGE THAT TELLS US WHAT IS ATTAINABLE IN THE VAST CULT OF THE SELF, WHAT WE SHOULD DESIRE, WHAT WE SHOULD SEEK TO BECOME AND WHO WE ARE.IT IS THE IMAGE THAT TRICKS US INTO THINKING WE HAVE BECOME POWERFUL.THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE LEADS US BACK TO THE WORSHIP OF OURSELVES.IT IS IDOLATRY.REALITY IS REPLACED WITH ELECTRONIC MECHANISMS FOR PREENING SELF-PRESENTATION AND THE ILLUSION OF SELF-FULFILLMENT AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT.THIS IS WHAT THE WORSHIP OF IMAGES IS ABOUT. TO THOSE ENTRANCED BY IMAGES, THE WORLD IS A VAST STAGE ON WHICH THEY ARE CALLED TO ENACT THEIR DREAMS.IT IS A WORLD OF CONSTANT ACTION, STIMULATION AND PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT.IT IS A WORLD OF THRILLS AND MOMENTARY ECSTASY.IT IS A WORLD OF CEASELESS MOVEMENT.IT MAKES A FETISH OF COMPETITION.IT IS A WORLD WHERE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC IMAGES SERVE AS A PSEUDO-THERAPY THAT CATERS TO FEELINGS OF ALIENATION, INADEQUACY AND POWERLESSNESS

FULL ARTICLE HERE