“A whole society imprints us. Language, television and culture imprints us Just living in a country is a vibratory imprint. All the collective attentions, of all the people who live there - imprint us.” PeopleCountryWholeCultureLanguageAttentionAwarenessTelevisionBuddhismCollectives Author:Frederick Lenz
“Awareness of having better things to do with their lives is the secret to immunizing our children against false values--whether presented on television or in "real life." The child who finds fulfillment in music or reading or cooking or swimming or writing or drawing is not as easily convinced that he needs recognition or power or some "high" to feel worthwhile.” NeedsFeelsWritingChildrenRealLife IsValuesReadingSecretAwarenessTelevisionOur ChildrenCookingConvincedDrawingReal LifeRecognitionFulfillmentThings To DoSwimmingWorthwhileBetter Things To Do Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“In 1948, television was introduced, and millions and millions of people lead larval, low-awareness, warehoused lives mainlining an electronic drug straight into their brains.” PeopleBrainMillionsAwarenessTelevisionDrugLows Author:Terence McKenna
“I think in television there's more of an awareness about a need for more diversity, but there still needs to be great practical strides taken to improve diversity in front of and behind the camera.” ThinkingNeedsStillsBehindsTakenAwarenessFrontsTelevisionDiversityCamerasPracticalsStride Author:Greg Berlanti
“Obviously, there's all sorts of life happening all around us, but on a human level, I'm just interested in people making informed decisions. You know, increasing their awareness. And also, trying to encourage people to be more fascinated with information and science and knowledge of all sorts, instead of, you know, it's a generalization, but the encouragement by society, the reflections that society gives us, which is media, television, art - anything, really.” PeopleKnowsGivingTryingHumansArtDecisionLevelsAwarenessMediaInformationTelevisionHappeningsReflectionEncouragementFascinatedGeneralizationLife Happens Author:Reggie Watts
“My experiences growing up - my father lived in New York, so I was going out there in the summers and meeting really interesting people and people having what seemed to me to be extraordinary experiences and really taking advantage of these wonderful opportunities. And so I will go - I would go to the big city and watch these people performing onstage and doing television and films. And then I would go back to Hayward, and it just suddenly felt that much smaller and sort of limiting because I had this hyper awareness of how much larger the world was.” PeopleWorldBigsFilmFatherOpportunityFeltInterestingCitiesWatchesGrowing UpGrowingWonderfulAwarenessNew YorkTelevisionSummerAdvantageMeetingsExtraordinaryPerformingGoing OutReally InterestingHyperBig CitiesTaking Advantage Author:Mahershala Ali
“Not to know one's true identity is to be a mad, disensouled thing — a golem. And, indeed, this image, sick-eningly Orwellian, applies to the mass of human beings now living in the high-tech industrial democracies. Their authenticity lies in their ability to obey and follow mass style changes that are conveyed through the media. Immersed in junk food, trash media, and cryp-tofascist politics, they are condemned to toxic lives of low awareness. Sedated by the prescripted daily television fix, they are a living dead, lost to all but the act of consuming.” KnowsHumansLyingLostHuman BeingsAbilityDemocracyAwarenessMediaStyleIdentityTelevisionMassLowsSickMadAuthenticityToxicTrashConsumingJunkJunk FoodOrwellianTrue Identity Author:Terence McKenna