Erving Goffman’s The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life exposes life as a performance, where authenticity is just an act. Before social media, his work offers a sharp lens on today’s obsession with “realness” ^ pressure of curating identities.
What does it mean to be from a country? Loving your land even from a distance, and loving a land you’ve never seen or been to still makes it your land, your home. It’s not about the physical distance, it's about the people, the culture, and the love.