reminder

i really feel like All Tomorrow's Parties encapsulates the theme of this blog. the whole book is full of things that cross the border between what is real and what isn't. stuff like Rei Toei, you can't really ever be sure whether or not she is is real or not. it forces the reader to step back and reanalyze his or her world. what things are really real? things that we take to be true often times are not, and vice versa. a lot of ideas and information that we are fed are things that are fabricated, while at the same time we don't receive a lot of information we should. like stuff about wars and genocides. they are often given minimal news coverage and when they are reported pictures and descriptions of the actual horror are omitted. i feel like lots of times we don't even think about this, despite the fact that it is so pervasive in today's technological society. books like this are such a good reminder that we should be scrutinizing our surroundings and the information that we are given.