Speaking of Facebook Default Pics....

...They reference cameos. While the term cameo refers to a method of carving, the cameo item itself consists of two contrasting colors which depict a portrait or scene, carved in a relief manner. Facebook isnt relief, but the idea remains...

The portraits often depicted royalty or rulers or royal court. These were sometimes given as gifts.

Im thinking a lot about the concept of the cameo plugged into space of the Facebook Profile Pic with a little bit of contemporary youth culture thrown in (Generation Me). I think it could be a cheeky commentary....

When combining the (in my opinion) direct reference of cameo in Facebooks default profile pics, what are we saying about ourselves and our importance? When you think about it, HAVING a facebook profile in the first place is, in some ways, elevating ourselves into a higher level of importance that we could never achieve on our own. (see Reggie Watts' Fuck Shit Stack for more on this). The thought that we are important enough that people want to keep up with our personal news and life is absolutely ludicrous.

While I believe interconnectivity is imperative to the progression of the human race, im still somewhat baffled by the idea that people exist in this world who think that other people really care what they had for breakfast (ie- the self important useless status update). But then, is THAT thought ("i dont care what you ate for breakfast") selfish in and of itself? Is that very thought of not caring what someone eats for breakfast further proof of a self important individual because, really, the breakfast status updates are actually just a matter of peripheral awareness (ie- the idea that something besides myself exists, the post navel gazing era overlapping the navel gazing era).