Perception is Everything

Beau Otta's presentation of "Perception is Everything" can be related to many different events throughout life. The theme he presents to the audience is that everything we see, is not as it seems. In every aspect of life, the way we view things can be manipulated to make us see and believe whatever they choose. Take for example what you perceive to be "normal". To one person, it can mean someone who has gone to university, or graduated high school, while to others, normal can mean simply the fact that you communicate and live your life in a simple everyday fashion. Some people say that it is our actions that define who we are. But upon further speculation it is really our perception of the world that defines us as people. In our usual daily routine we cross people we do not personally know, yet we still feel the need to stereotype them by what we see. Some people may first judge the hair style they have, or what kind of clothes they're wearing. Each of us has our own perspective of certain types of people and until we know them personally, the images we perceive in our mind, are the only things that seem real about them. In fact, with so many controlled views throughout society, the only real things we know are the things we picture in our imaginations.