The Sickness

The more you have, the more you need. Material gain is directly proportional to the sickness. Consumerism clutters up one's lifestyle while simultaneously freeing up space for the ego-centric mind to fill with more useless stuff. Once the cinnamon from Morocco and the ginger from Sri Lanka are finally checked off the must have list, the consumer moves on to the next newspaper column, or web-blog, or K-mart commercial that airs between a Martha Stewart Living infomercial. Artificial ideals of hearth, home, and happiness continue to feed the "Martha mentality" which consists of being obsessive compulsive, dysfunctional, and devious.

My problem with martha is one social class should not be able to thrive on a few secrets while another class loses everything as those secrets manifest. Martha's empire is still growing today and her fans feel empathy for all that shes been through (jail food and poor quality sheets). America has become desensitized with bigger scandals and all the bloody chaos that has rocked our world lately. The masses still love their crafty jailbird though.

It is my wish that Marthas company realizes that money and power isn't all there is to living comfortably. This would require more of a culture change within Omni-media insomuch that their ideology would need to shift towards being socially in tune and away from the pleasant facade of chicken frittata and poached pears for the resourceful yet socially inept.

What if she focused on things that actually matter like arts for alzheimers or the autistic. She could donate some of her money to organizations like habitat for humanity; an organization that realizes that people need a house before they can decorate it.

All the scandal reminds us that you have to be able to live with yourself and the things you do before you can experience true happiness. Love or hate Martha for all its worth, but understand at