I've been locked in my mind with an idea to write a song to the piece on guitar that I composed some time ago.
The idea evolves around a woman locked in a tower, just like in the German fairy tale of Rapunzel. I wondered how contemporary Rapunzel's life would look like. So, I imagined her nowadays sitting in her chamber alone but instead of constantly combing her hair and indulging in changing her make-ups I thought about connecting her entire life with what people do almost every day - being present in virtual reality, connect her to social network applications, like the popular facebook.
However, I want to propose another interpretation to the old fairy tale.
It is not the case that Rapunzel is kept hostage in a locked tower anymore. It is rather her free will to stay connected with the world through virtual reality as the real world doesn't offer her that many possibilities to meet people in real life. However, her will is weakened by constant playing and updating her status on the internet. In a way she is kept imprisoned by facebook, constant blogging, watching videos on youtube, etc. She does it having on mind only one thing: through social, virtual life she expects that one day her beloved, long-awaiting knight will reply back on gmail and come to save her from the lonely tower.
The idea evolves around a woman locked in a tower, just like in the German fairy tale of Rapunzel. I wondered how contemporary Rapunzel's life would look like. So, I imagined her nowadays sitting in her chamber alone but instead of constantly combing her hair and indulging in changing her make-ups I thought about connecting her entire life with what people do almost every day - being present in virtual reality, connect her to social network applications, like the popular facebook.
However, I want to propose another interpretation to the old fairy tale.
It is not the case that Rapunzel is kept hostage in a locked tower anymore. It is rather her free will to stay connected with the world through virtual reality as the real world doesn't offer her that many possibilities to meet people in real life. However, her will is weakened by constant playing and updating her status on the internet. In a way she is kept imprisoned by facebook, constant blogging, watching videos on youtube, etc. She does it having on mind only one thing: through social, virtual life she expects that one day her beloved, long-awaiting knight will reply back on gmail and come to save her from the lonely tower.
