The False Promise of Advertising
“Advertising often offers us a material product, technique or device to achieve a limited, outward expression of the very desire for human solidarity, intimacy, closeness and love that we are called into in our most profound spiritual experiences. The right clothing, cosmetics, beverages, accoutrements are portrayed as necessary to our entering into a warm, happy life with others that holds no grief, anger or fear.
When we are moved by this kind of marketing, we may need to reexamine our lives for more authentic ways of expressing or opening toward the elusive, all-embracing security and love we are made for.”
— Patricia Loring, 1997
Quaker minister and educator
Today’s Invitation
Pay to attention to the amount of advertising placed in front of you today, and your response to it.
This Week’s Query
How do you know when you have enough?
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