ok, cartographer@ok_cartographer

i've been off of Twitter for quite a while, having went on a climbing trip with a group of friends. although i've been back for a few days, I've been hesitant to return to this platform in full. even though it may seem like it, social media is not a reflection of reality, but rather fantasy. when you escape, just for a moment, you realize this. the majority of the content you see are thoughts pregnant with deep emotion and fantasy, and through this digital space, we spiral into an almost dream-like state, although it is even less real than a dream. as a whole, social media seems to me to be a sort of collective, mass fantasy with hints of de-realization, and i can't help but realize that the way most of us use this platform are guiltily of participating, espousing our own emotionally charged rhetoric divorced from life experience, but married to unconscious emotion. when you are able to quickly react to a topic, issue, or thought, it will inherently be charged with emotion, for thinking and reason take time and diligence. of course, there should be an outlet for emotion, but this can be done amongst friends, family, lovers, and art. emotions are far from evil, but hallowed. however, channeling it in such a haphazard way like we do on this platform is a great danger. this is why we have art, but art, like love, requires discipline. this is not characteristic of social media, which is quick, cheap, and modified. like every great marketer knows, emotion is the best way to sell a product. this too goes for ideas. on this platform (and many others), we are struck by malignant ideas and ravenous emotions that attempt to sink their teeth into anybody in their path, like an abused, trauma-ridden dog lashing out at everyone due to trauma. as such, i find it difficult to sift through what is true and what is an illness. but there is a great beauty to these platforms, and many out there are doing great work, despite the flawed, gamified nature of social media platforms. from now on, i will try my best to speak the truth to the best of my ability, and if i speak out of emotion, i will do so diligently, but as an artist, not a pseudo-intellectual, for the artist refines his emotions through discipline and diligence. if i forsake this, rebuke me.