The Splinter of Form and Matter

I have come to the conclusion that matter no longer produces form, that substance no longer determines style. Consumer culture has created the ultimate reversal, a complete alteration has now occured in how people interpret the world and themselves. Today image determines substance, style creates substance, form creates its own matter. Plastic surgery determines your inner self. Your clothing determines who people see you as and who you see yourself as. The image of happiness now produces the appearance of happiness. We no longer work from the inside out, but outside in. A great reversal has occured and it will be interesting to see where it takes us.