In the age of selfie, what's your story?

"Beautiful."

"Hot."

"Audrey Hepburn resemblance."

"Mona Lisa smile!"

The pose was Audrey Hepburn, but it was only obvious when it was mentioned. 

Mona Lisa smile? The lips hardly formed a smirk to hint a mystery.

Hot, beautiful... the girl in the picture does not define herself that. She has a different concept of beauty.

They probably saw the long neck and admired the composure. Or they got attracted to the resemblance of an icon. Or were they soothed by the cleanliness of the lines and the classic chicness of black and white? Image. Aesthetic. 

They didn't know the whole picture was an ugly shot. They didn't know the girl in the picture loved arts and recognized the defining elements that made it redeemable - simplicity, lines, symmetry, harmony and subdued natural lighting - so she cropped it. I wonder if they knew she loved drama and stories and she found that in the picture. They probably didn't and wouldn't know. Maybe, a pretty picture is a story in itself, and there is no need to be curious and inquire and think deeper?

In the internet where almost everyone's absorbed with self-promotion, almost all the time it becomes a "what you see, is what you get". You click "like" on what please your eyes. 

You (the one who upload), on the other hand, bask on the gratification the likes make you feel, until, you get bored and post another selfie after what, 2 or 3 hours? You stress yourself what to post next, considering the pictures you've taken in one setting and discarding the ones you deemed less attractive. I get that part. The thing is, I do that on the shots I take of people, scenes and inanimate objects.

The frequency of selfies posted - obviously with the same face, same outfit, same setting - is the most grating. Vexing to the one whose news feed gets bombarded. I'm still weighing the concept of "muting" people because I am hoping some sense would knock into them. Also, some perverse curiosity is holding me back  to see what's next.

I wonder if they upload images of their face, just for the sake of something to upload. Whether they find themselves beautiful or not, always, people have something to say. And they have MORE to say when one's absorbed with the very idea of him/her.

What makes me wonder more, is if they have a story to tell behind the selfie. Anything, something.