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For all our connectivity, we live in a very disconnected society. It's very easy to sink into isolation and anonymity on the internet, even when you don't intend to. Basic communication takes so much more effort online, when compared with interacting face-to-face. It's so much easier to simply not interact, to not bother with the effort. But then where does that leave us? Shouting into the void and listening to our own echos.

It's so much easier to misread people online, as well. We're stripped of the majority of ways of communication and left with only words. No body language, no expressions, no eye contact, no inflection, not even the simple reassurance of a presence to let us know that our existence has been noted. There's no such thing as a "comforting silence" online. Online silence is a single entity that is far too easy to misinterpret.

If I was going anywhere with this it got lost partway through. Just ... musings.

Hm.

Artist's Magazine just sent me a mailer for their Annual Art Competition. Entry fees are $13 per image, which isn't too bad, and there isn't a limit on the number of images an artist can enter.

Considering the volume and quality of art they get each year, I doubt I'd have a chance at placing, but if I don't enter I have *no* chance.

Deadline is May 1st.