Bite Sized Pieces

"Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it, miniatures of reality that anyone can make or acquire." 

When I read this quote I thought of all of the small reference photos I take with my phone. If there is something that I like, want to remember for later, or use in a drawing/painting, I take a picture of it. I have plenty of pictures of things from museums to a book cover that I liked. Through most of my art classes all of my professors would tell me to keep a little folder to hold anything that I thought was interesting as inspiration. Instead I would just take a picture of it.  All of these are just small bits of reality and now with the use of social media we are able to share these small bite sized pieces with the world around us. No matter what the format we take pictures and share them with just anyone though the click of a button. It is interesting to see how we take in these images from other places and though we are not there we still get to experience being there. On one social media app that I own I have seen and reblogged pictures from different cities, states, and countries. However looking back at them now they all seem so narrow. We have the feeling of going somewhere without going there, but we don't really experience the full picture. We share our world to others and only view other worlds through a peep hole.