"Unfiltered"
Location
Instagram. Facebook. Twitter. Snapchat.
Your connection to the rest of the world
You take a photo
You want to share it
But first you have to “fix” it
Filters, brightness, shadows, contrast
Highlights, lowlights, vignette, blurred edges
By the time you are through with it, you are satisfied
You look as perfect as can be
But is the rest of the world satisfied?
Sure, your followers “like” and comment
They tell you how beautiful you are
They know this is the reaction you want
Yet somehow, they know that this isn’t you
The perfect person in that picture is fake, touched up, unrealistic
But that person displays an aura of insecurity
That person isn’t comfortable showing who they really are
I don’t want my followers to see
The version of me that has been changed and edited
I want them to see me… without a filter
I want them to see the confidence
I want them to see the girl who loves herself for who she is
I want them to see the fun times with friends
The special moments with family
Those pictures may not be perfect
But they are true
And those genuine photos,
The images of who you really are,
Without a filter,
Are the ones that make a picture worth a thousand words