Bright Shiny Objects

They are bright, shiny. They attract us. We can't keep our eyes of them. Their glow is like magnet, it pulls us in their orbit and we crave. We just desperately want them. Bright Shiny Objects. B.O.B's own us, we are slaves of having. We are chasing B.O.B's, new colors, new shapes, new materials, 20 GB more...the newer, the shiner, the higher demand. B.O.B's aren't anything new, they have slightly changed the trajectory of attraction. In the modern times they've attracted with material value and material status one could achieve by owning them. It was all about having. Today, in liquid reality, they are armed with meanings, soft values. B.O.B's became even more powerful, because together with them we buy our personality. We tell who we are. We call it being.We are almost shiny as our B.O.B's. Bling bling can be heard on the streets, in offices, in shops, bling is ominous. And bling is voracious...You get it, you show it off, then you get tired of it and want something new.

Inspired by Jessica Hagy

Tags: bright shiny object, having vs. being, B.O.B