Submission Illustration

Connected

Connected is about how excessively we connect today through social media, and how we relate to others based on each person's status. Under a tree at sunset, people stand side by side with their eyes on their screens, while speech bubbles show like counts instead of words. The illustration points to our absence from real people and from the present moment: we wear a mask online, we are judged by likes and followers, and life seems to move entirely onto the internet. What we post lifts us up or pulls us down, both in online social life and in reality. Meanwhile, technology and media overload, sometimes fake news too, make us forget to pay attention to the present and to those who truly appreciate us for who we are.


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Connected

Connected is about how excessively we connect today through social media, and how we relate to others based on each person’s status. Under a tree at sunset, people stand side by side with their eyes on their screens, while speech bubbles show like counts instead of words. The illustration points to our absence from real people and from the present moment: we wear a mask online, we are judged by likes and followers, and life seems to move entirely onto the internet. What we post lifts us up or pulls us down, both in online social life and in reality. Meanwhile, technology and media overload, sometimes fake news too, make us forget to pay attention to the present and to those who truly appreciate us for who we are.