I came across this photo, entitled "Trying Too Hard", in a concept gallery. At first I blew it off as a humorous piece, but as I read the author's thought process as she created this scene (the wannabe candy corn on the right is a Bugle, by the way), I was led to realize how true the metaphor portrayed in the picture actually is. Who hasn't felt like the Bugle at some point or another? One of the first things that came to mind when I began to think about this is the scene in the movie Mean Girls in which Cady goes to the costume party dressed as a scary "ex-wife," not realizing that in girl world, "Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it." As hard as she tries to fit in by dressing up in the spirit of Halloween, she sticks out like a sore thumb because she doesn't know the unwritten rules. Why do we try so hard? The candy corn on the left looks just fine being itself; why can't the Bugle be comfortable being itself too?

I don't know, I guess that's a silly example, but it really made me think about how many times we become Bugles to try and fit in, but we end up making a fool of ourselves for not being who we truly are.