Pedestal, Schmedestal!
Pedestal:
Pronunciation: \ˈpe-dəs-təl\
A position of high regard or adoration.
When you put someone on a pedestal, you idealize their existence. People typically placed on pedestals range from parents, significant others, and people you adulate (read: celebrities). If by chance you meet this person you adore, odds are you'll be too frightened to act as you normally would or say things that are unexpected... that is to say, without the presence of liquid courage.
The first Bedouin concert Nix (a Psych major) and I went to, I remember her turning to me and saying, "You know why the stage is higher up, don't you?" When she saw my blank expression, she quickly informed me that it all stemmed from the idea that by placing the stage higer up, we idolize our favourite bands and singers. It's society's way of manipulating us into adulation. The idea has stuck with me and to this day, when I think someone is too good to be true, I'll think back on Nix's words.
I was on one of my favourite blogs today (a blog which shall remain nameless since I'm embarrassed that I'm embarrassed about this new obsession o'mine...) and one of the two bloggers was saying how she could never meet her celebrity crush. She would love exchanging ideas with him, but in truth, meeting him would ruin all of the illusions she has of him: that he's single, literate, witty, smells amazing, and looks better in person than onscreen. This got me thinking, and while I too have built up this man and feel as though it will take a barrel of liquid courage for me to even look at him upon a chance encounter, I realized that meeting our idols is often good for us. I mean, it can go one of two ways:
Pronunciation: \ˈpe-dəs-təl\
A position of high regard or adoration.
When you put someone on a pedestal, you idealize their existence. People typically placed on pedestals range from parents, significant others, and people you adulate (read: celebrities). If by chance you meet this person you adore, odds are you'll be too frightened to act as you normally would or say things that are unexpected... that is to say, without the presence of liquid courage.
The first Bedouin concert Nix (a Psych major) and I went to, I remember her turning to me and saying, "You know why the stage is higher up, don't you?" When she saw my blank expression, she quickly informed me that it all stemmed from the idea that by placing the stage higer up, we idolize our favourite bands and singers. It's society's way of manipulating us into adulation. The idea has stuck with me and to this day, when I think someone is too good to be true, I'll think back on Nix's words.
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I was on one of my favourite blogs today (a blog which shall remain nameless since I'm embarrassed that I'm embarrassed about this new obsession o'mine...) and one of the two bloggers was saying how she could never meet her celebrity crush. She would love exchanging ideas with him, but in truth, meeting him would ruin all of the illusions she has of him: that he's single, literate, witty, smells amazing, and looks better in person than onscreen. This got me thinking, and while I too have built up this man and feel as though it will take a barrel of liquid courage for me to even look at him upon a chance encounter, I realized that meeting our idols is often good for us. I mean, it can go one of two ways:
- They are the image of perfection, are sweet, funny, intelligent, and are down-to-earth
OR
- They are worse looking in real life, are incredibly drunk, rude and crude, and ignore you when you try talking to them.
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