Projection and Celebrity
Celebrity is a bright candle, an incandescent lamp, a cloud-raking search-light! It draws our attention in a most superficial way to someone who somehow, somewhy, stepped into the light and stayed long enough for us to notice. We notice the presence and some outstanding characteristics, just enough to take an interest. And then we project... Projection is that dynamic of imagining details onto the target of our attention, imagining and applying as if they are true, what we want that person to... Sign in to see full entry.