Literature, Social Media and Change

This conversation between Lina and Will followed on from a question on our Instagram Story. The conversation began by touching on the relationship between literature and change, then evolved in to a discussion regarding social media and personal reflection.

“So now changing my own world, I want to try to get others to change their own. With my creativity or words.”

W: Hey it’s Will I’m on the insta at the moment (nice to meet you virtually) - thank you so much for getting involved, I think it’s a really important conversation to have.

L: Hey! Will! Nice to meet you too, you are welcome. I just came back to instagram life kind of. But now I am trying to separate my life from media platforms. Will be mostly talking to people and not about myself to people.

I think there is nothing better and more important than to have a conversation. Any type of conversation. Whether it's a nice coffee talk or conflict. It brings emotions. Emotions help to live in this world.

W: I completely agree, I think conversation is the most powerful tool humans have. I wish for a world where everyone can speak on a level, respect and learn from one another.

I’ve thought about detaching myself from social media too. How did it go for you?

L: It is important but I feel like nowadays people prefer to stay quiet and silent - at the end it hurts them and maybe others around them. It affects people all around the globe now I think. I think there is too much texting. Too much phone. Some people I meet sometimes do not know how to talk really anymore, except talking in silence to their phones.

“I felt like no one has to tell me and especially not social media how I should look, talk or think”

I was detached and deleted it. It was a big influence from my personal side for this decision. I felt like no one has to tell me and especially not social media how I should look, talk or think. It felt good. Very good. Except that I couldn’t see faces or news from the fashion world really and my friends that are far away. People then started texting me and calling me that they miss me, they miss my energy here and the way I help people somehow with my words. So supporting people and sharing photography and thoughts was the main reason I came back. It felt good tho without instagram.

I forgot that it even exists even. Life became bigger after this break and I realized my mistakes I did in the past about this media platform.

So now changing my own world, I want to try to get others to change their own. With my creativity or words.

But going off - it's good. I feel like a lot of people are fuckin addicted to this place. It almost became for me even for some jobs like “omg u don’t have Instagram? How? Well u have to have it for our job“.

And this made me think like how sick and plastic it is. But not transparent plastic but more like made for others how it should be, you can’t draw your own story anymore you have to BELONG here or BE A PART OF THIS . But no. Reality is not like that. Neither should be this place. Because initially it was made to connect people and show their photos, just like a photo album. Now it just became a place to sell souls and bodies.

It's 50/50 . Some people can handle and are part of those „I have to be part of it group“, some people don't handle it and don’t wanna be a part of it and some can handle it but wanna be themselves.

After cutting this app for 2 months, I realized I am the one who just wants to draw my own story, just like my paintings that I do.

That was my journey:))

W: I completely agree with everything you say. I sometimes find myself reaching for my phone and pressing the Instagram app when I’ve been using it moments before..It’s a crazy addiction.

Social media is definitely becoming increasingly controlling and people who use it are becoming younger and younger. It certainly has benefits like staying in touch with people and raising awareness of certain issues. But yes in general I find it so unnatural - having the ability to know the life of someone on the other side of the world that you’ve never met is now normality.

Information overload.

Do you mind if I use some of these messages, they’re so so good 😊

Hey Lina - sorry to ask again but do you mind if I use some of this conversation on the website? - Will 🌸

L: Hii, hello! So sorry. I did not check my messages.

W: Hey no worries at all! Just wanted to double check 😊

L: I agree with what you are saying as well. It is now a normality for knowing each and every person of the other sides of the world. And as I was saying it all has it’s bad and good sides

Yes sure , you can use it.

I don’t know are you gonna like mention that these are words from me? Is it for your instagram for dlroelen perfume?

W: Yes I was going to, only if okay with you.

It would be under a page called ‘people’ or ‘conversation’ and it would just be our discussion.

It’s completely up to you but I think it’s really amazing stuff. It would be for website but maybe Instagram too.

L: Wow! Thanks!! This is really nice actually! I am glad I can be a part of something like this!

Thank you:)

W: No, thank YOU 😊

P.S Lina’s favourite perfume? The Door.

Breaking Away from Social Media with Lina