Inspired by the life and art of Yoko Ono, Yokoshop is the new Adobe app that thought-provokingly “inserts outsiders where they don’t belong” in family portraits, selfies, and believe it or not, “real” life.
You don’t have to be Yoko to Yokoshop, which is quickly becoming a verb. Anyone can do it. “The illusion of dissonance is the underlying principle of ALL creation. Our differences are what define us, as well as torment us.”
So says Shantanu Narayen, Indian American business executive and the CEO of Adobe Systems. Or so he would have said that if we didn’t Yokoshop his quote into this story. Indeed, Yokoshop has been completely Yokoshopped. It works for writing, too.
What is most fascinating, however, is how Yokoshop happens in our thoughts without us even realizing it. We continually insert “what is not” into our thinking processes so that we can perceive what is. Both are ultimately illusions.
And isn’t that the point? Isn’t that why there are so many conflicts in the world where none in reality exist? Consider that we are 99.99999% the same, save for our skin color and our beliefs. Is that worth fighting over?
The struggle to be the same causes mental illness. The struggle to be different causes wars. And it’s all Mind Games.
Perception is everything. Changing perception is the only way to evolve. Perhaps Yokoshop will show the world how to give peace a chance. Accept what is. Perhaps even delight in it.
Nothing is real. And nothing to get hung about. Yokoshop forever.