Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), American satiric film, released in 2014, that won four Academy Awards, including that for best picture. A complex and quirky movie, it was hailed as a masterpiece by many critics, though some viewers found it pretentious and puzzling.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) was conceived of and cowritten by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu and filmed in a way that made it appear to be a single seamless shot.
The movie centres around the character of Riggan Thomson, who is publicly acclaimed for playing the character of a superhero, Birdman. It is a series of blockbluster films that he stars in. However in the movie he is trying to redeem his reputation and stature by dwelving into the field of writing, directing and starring in a broadway adaptation.
The character also aims to rebuild weakened/broken family ties as his family becomes involved in the production of the play.
The movie depicts the conflict within the characters mind as the character of Birdman always is seen taunting Thomson whenever he can be found alone.
It explores how reputation, career, ego and familial relations aim to strike a balance in the beautifully filmed comedy.

The first thing you applaud about Birdman is Keaton’s audacity in accepting the role of neurotic Tinseltown veteran Riggan Thomson – and Iñárritu’s chutzpah in offering it to him. The payoff is a considerable comeback for both men. The actor will be unavoidable during the awards season, while the Mexican virtuoso director of Amores Perros fame stages a triumphant return to form after his lugubriously self-important woes-of-the-world drama Biutiful.

Birdman, cumbersomely subtitled “Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance”, is set, and substantially filmed, in and around New York’s St James theatre, where Thomson is attempting to relaunch his career with an earnest stage adaptation of a Raymond Carver story. His co-star is Mike (Edward Norton), a strutting Broadway luminary who soon starts challenging him for control of the show. Also involved are Thomson’s damaged, resentful daughter Sam (Emma Stone); the play’s two female leads (Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough); and its harassed producer (a surprisingly muted Zach Galifianakis). And hovering on the sidelines, or at the back of Thomson’s psyche, is his action-movie alter ego Birdman, at first only as a snarling, basso off-screen voice, but later to manifest in his full winged and masked glory.

It is funny how the same person with the same life can adorn different avatars on different social media platforms as per your convenience. It is as if an entity is able to segment his being into tiny virtual horcruxes only if these horcruxes are discovered you fail to destroy them.
It is evident if one may scroll across the Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Tinder and Instagram profiles of the same person and the vivid content that they sponsor.
Although it is eerie to think of but individual social media ‘management’ has striking similarities to that of digital marketing strategists for different firms which makes one wonder whether at the end, it is all about selling the best idea of yourself to the masses that you have to offer.

To bring to notice how the people of our generation may differentiate and segment our content. Take a look at these pictures. The same person with the same background and almost the same frame but the model (duh. me) would prefer posting the first picture on a dating website while the second one of a social networking website.
These is so because of the identity I want to be associated to on those specific platforms.
For example I wish to create a mysterious and dark themed dating profile, the shadows of the first picture would suit that theme better than the second one. On the other hand I would like to maintain a colourful yet aesthetic theme on Instagram and the vibrancy in the second picture as well as the fact that I stand there is simply would suit the theme I wish to showcase more.

Social media isn’t just for sharing fun selfies or bragging about your vacation plans anymore. The line between our digital and real lives has blurred, leaving many feeling the undeniable sting of a bad online reputation—even when they’re not connected to one of their devices

There are 4 major ways social media can affect your reputation management online, and the consequences can be either positive or negative. That’s why it’s crucial to have a strong, sound strategy in place for what types of content you’ll post, when you’ll be active, and how you will respond and interact with followers.

Build, Change, or Solidify Your Reputation

Social media creates a second identity for the user; an online identity. Two part, social media is all about leveraging your online presence whether you’re a business or individual user, however, with that, comes an extreme amount of reputation management that can be easily damaged. The importance, therefore, to properly influence your online visibility must be done with careful attention.
If you aren’t careful enough, then your social media presence can actually have a negative effect on the way others perceive you online. Whether you use these sites solely for personal reasons or you are trying to cultivate a professional brand, the things you share create an image of who you are to friends, colleagues, business connections, and strangers. As such, you need to ensure that you’re putting your best foot forward on these platforms. Only by doing so can you prevent them from taking a toll on your online reputation down the line.

You may have expected us to say you should avoid social media, but that’s a mistake. In this day and age, you simply can’t afford to shy away from social media if you’re looking to build or preserve your online reputation. You will only do yourself a disservice if you underutilise social media platforms. That said, you have to use them correctly.

As if like a gush of fresh breeze

You twisted into a whirlwind in my life

More than around it.

Change.

Is what you brought in.

Barriers.

Are what you took away

And with the ease with which

You broke my walls down

One by one

Brick by brick

I remained oblivious

Of how I stood there

Bare.

With just the

Emotional mess

That the days, time and people

Had left behind.

Your fingers entwined with mine

As if to hold your

Hand in mine

Was comfort

With every step

We took and every drunken night

That our souls

Denied to abandon the other.

There is little I felt

Of the growing proximity

That you and I had began to share.

Fearful yet of how

Proximities turn out I remained

Aloof

Secure

Safe and sound

Keep the dangers of attachment

Away and out.

Until, you took a step

Forward

Brave and loud.

And I was, but, charmed

By the courage

You had to show

To step out of the

Caccoon

And just hold me

As your own, for just a moment longer

Not letting go.

And how that stirred chaos

Within

For me, emotions were finally

Settling in.

But you took a step

Back again

And left me there

To feel the pain

Of vulnerability and longing

But I stood there

With the fresh breeze

Turning ice cold

I stood there waiting

For you To come home?

I will never know

where the road oft taken led to

as I took the other.

A lot was said and done

Yet, I could never tell

The little things

That made me fall.

It is always the little things

That scared little boys

Fail to own.

And now those wants

Live in my memory

As though alive.

I might have been gullible

To fall prey

To untimely affection

But now as I shall change

All I know

And know I must

Is That this side of me had to be shunned

And shunned it will

For as long as it should.

Because I don’t want to

Be left wondering

What I would

Only if I could.

I would have

done things differently.

I believe in love. I believe in the intimacy of it. I am a millennial and yes I know what love is and that it exists. 

Physical touch is great, unique but it’s not the only thing I desire. For me love is exquisite. It’s beyond ravaging a body it’s about exploring a soul. Love is the unmatched high we get, the uncontrollable adrenaline rush. It’s an arousal by those million sub conscious traits we adore. It makes me independent while holding my hand. It doesn’t build me, it helps me build myself. Love is expressive in ways one might not understand. I may definitely not. Love is indefinite, fragile, unreasonable. It is permanent and temporary. It is everything one might be scared of but it is everything that gives you the power to rise.

It’s more than a human emotion. Love, is the foundation of humanity. It’s everywhere and within everyone. 

And being a millennial I know I will fall in love and out of it. I know I will cry my lashes off and smile my dimples back up. I know I will criticise and adore. I know love is as simple as a complex emotion and as complex as a simple action. 

Love, will outlive me, my complexes and worries. 

Because for me, love cannot be defined just felt.

As sunshine was brimming with grace
A distant memory came gushing down
To the horizon extended my gaze
All I could see was meadows, but no more were they green or brown
My vision seemed to fade away
And so so did my conscience.
Reminiscing, my spirit swayed
And searched, searched for the perfect lines
Lines which once enthralled my heart
It was running out, time.
I was too late to regret, to enjoy, it was time for the memories to depart.

Why are you sitting here right now?
What’s wrong with inspiration?
There are stars to chase out there, journeys to catch up with, ambitions to achieve, get up, Stand up, go ahead.
The world won’t bother where you are or who you want to be. It will criticize you, bring you down. Discourage you in all ways it can But you have to reach for what is right and where you need to be.
Rise up from being a nobody to being a somebody.
Ambitions, the drive towards it and the thoughts that you have make you the person that you are.
You can fail yourself or rise above hate and obstacles.
Be a diamond.Handel the heat, the pressure. Be strong clear pure and shine the brightest you can.
Because seriously why else would god have blood running in your veins?