Kristen Stewart just compared text messages to shadows and sent us spiraling
We’ve always admired the uniqueness of Kristen Stewart and the way she views the world. She’s a special soul, and we love her for it. But Stewart just explained her outlook on social media and texting, and we have to admit — it’s kind of hurting our brains.
Stewart is in the middle of promoting her new movie Personal Shopper,which is about a woman who has the ability to talk to ghosts — specifically, her dead brother. She’s obviously been thinking about some deep-level stuff, because in an interview with V Magazine, she compared text messages to shadows and projections.
And although her philosophy is a confusing one, there’s something about it that makes a lot of sense.
"When you speak to someone on the phone, that is a decipherable, understandable exchange," she explained to V Magazine. "But with text and social media, it’s essentially a dialogue with yourself and your interpretation of a shadow. It’s not invalid; it’s a new language.
Ah, so maybe that’s why Stewart refuses to succumb to social media?
“But you also become addicted to that hit by yourself and with yourself, every seven minutes or so, and you end up wasting so much time just validating something very superficial in yourself," she added. "It has definitely changed us.
Okay, her viewpoint is actually pretty legit. We have full-blown conversations with our phones multiple times a day, and sometimes all day long. Sure, there might be a human on the receiving end of our messages, but we’re still sitting in a room communicating to our device.
Here’s the trailer for Personal Shopper so you can get an idea of where Stewart’s mind has been:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC8AjoqpBAY?start=114&feature=oembed
Personal Shopper will hit theaters on March 10th, and we’ll definitely be watching so we can get on the same page as Stewart.
