I think the only thing that really changed is the internet removed the gatekeeping role of centralized information sources. When you were a kid, was CNN still the end-all-be-all oracle and arbiter of concrete truth? In my mom's generation, it was Walter Cronkite, of course. And if you were one of those people who got your information from Coast to Coast AM or other AM radio shows, you were considered a weirdo because if any of that stuff was really true, then Ted Koppel would have reported on it.
But also, looking back now, how fucking bizarre was it that they televised the invasion of Iraq twice? That's some serious colonial behavior and I had no idea at the time. Now I can see it for what it was.
But also, I really wish we had had one centralized authority to give us information and advice about how to handle Covid. So I think there's good and bad things about the change.
Sure! It's called Ha Long Bay No. 26. It lives here in my house. The artist is Khanh The Bui from Vietnam.
The rocks and boats in the bay are a frequent subject of his. This one I liked in particular for the color palette and also the exaggerated size contrast between the boats and the rocks. Irl the boats are not nearly this small, nor the rocks this large. The exaggerated contrast combined with things like the rocks have reflections in the water, and the boats don't, gives a sort of sense that the humans are temporary and ephemeral compared to the rocks, which are eternal.
Like I said, I stared at this thing for three years before I finally bought it haha. I haven't gotten it framed yet because $$ and also I'm afraid to transport it lol. But I'll get that done.
Here's his page on Saatchi:
https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/668015