[image description: In an obvious bid for attention, an extravagantly-attired woman stands with her
[image description: In an obvious bid for attention, an extravagantly-attired woman stands with her arms up. The black wrap attached by straps to each arm for a crescent behind her. Her headdress is many times the size of her head and contains much more material than her strappy black top. A red curtain of tall diamonds hangs behind her - completing the Erte-inspired Art Deco scene. While behind and around her, a dozen App icons forms a circle - almost as though they are numbers on a clock. Text reads, “190, MISS SARKISIAN, SMALL GOD OF ‘PLEASE SHARE’”]• • • • • If a tree falls in a forest and there’s no one there to hear it, does it really make a sound? The world may never know. Not only does the act of putting a microphone close enough to pick up the sound of the tree falling inherently change the situation such that there IS someone there to hear the tree go down, but no forest is empty. Humans, with their human-first way of looking at the world, may look at a forest and see solitude and emptiness, but for the deer, squirrels, snakes, toads, and millions of bugs who live there full time, there are no such things. So the question, always intended as a philosophical exercise, is truly unanswerable, and can be asked over and over again, until humanity goes extinct and is replaced by something with a little bit more situational awareness.If an influencer posts a picture on their social media and no one likes it, do they really exist? This question is, perhaps, a bit more circumstantial, and the answer seems to be both yes and no. Yes, they exist: how else could they have posted the picture in the first place? Their existence is the one part of the equation that can’t be questioned. But sometimes, when no one sees them, when no one acknowledges them, it can feel like even that’s negotiable. They tweet, therefor they are.But she always sees them. She always knows they’re there.The heart of attention seeking behavior is a genuine need for attention. Every young thing needs it in order to thrive, and when that need isn’t met, it can continue into the rest of a lifetime, a constant, aching desire to be acknowledged as a real part of the world, alive and thriving and true. Miss Sarkisian understands that need. She wants to amplify the world, until everyone’s need for attention is met, and they can learn to need the silence just as loudly.She spreads selfies and social justice, screeds and silly memes, and all she wants is for you to share, and to be seen. The world would be a better place in her eyes if everyone could be truly, finally seen.She sees you.Always.• • • • • Join Lee Moyer (Icon) and Seanan McGuire (Story) Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for a guide to the many small deities who manage our modern world:Tumblr: https://smallgodseries.tumblr.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/smallgodseriesInstagram: https://instagram.com/smallgodseries/Homepage: http://smallgodseries.com -- source link
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