Limitless – Rachael Roof

Sometimes the circumstances of my life leave me feeling unsatisfied, limited in what I can achieve, how I can express myself, and where I can go. Money, time, space, responsibility, gender, class and other aspects of my physical environment seem to dictate which experiences are available to me, who I can interact with, and in what ways I can pursue my ambitions. I heart my media because it provides for me a portal into a limitless world of vicarious experience that enriches my life and inspires me artistically. What my virtual world lacks in tangibility it makes up for in boundless opportunity and connectedness with what is important to me. I can experience all manner of people, location, sound, imagery, knowledge, and so fourth on the internet. Although these experiences are, as I stated earlier, merely vicarious, they do however introduce me to alternative culture and communities that eventually come to color my physical reality and “real life.”  I guess I’m just saying that the internet just makes me feel as though I have access to things, experiences, and like-minded people that are normally out-of-reach in my every day life, and I like that. The media that I have consumed on the internet has played a huge role in my creation and maintenance of self, and I think that is true for nearly everyone in my generation.