Colors.. Perception and Interpretation
"What's in name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
-William Shakespeare
We live in a world that is full of colors.... Colors are one way to differentiate things in this mass consumerized world. There are colors for every occassion. People has been for the past hundreds of years want a technology well enough to define "color".. from the old monochrome TV, to the Plasma TVs that we see nowadays. I stroll around and see that television nowadays are judged by the vividness of the colors they generate. One should sometimes learn from "diamonds"... colorless but brilliant and distinctive, and the most expensive of it's class.
Yet, what are colors but merely wavelenghts of lights that reach our eyes.
Colors are also often deceptive. It sometimes only shows you a tale of outward appearance. The world right now judges things more by the beauty of color rather than composition and stucture... It's nice to learn that some people still appreciate the beauty of neutrality. I believe that the essence of things is based on the content of the element, it's form rather than the colors that it has.
Colors has this bad side... those that differentiate people from each other.
Well, 10 years ago, i watched Malcolm X with my best buds dickens and omars... I have always remembered what he said..
"'I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.'"
Isn't it amazing how colors can sometimes blind us? well... here are some of the photographs I took and converted them to nuetral colors...
"The Mind does not derive its laws from nature, but prescribes them to her."
-Immanuel Kant
We live in a world that's full of colors... isn't it nice to still be able to appreciate beauty in neutrality? To still be able to see what is essential in the absence of colors?
What if light suddenly stop showing people's colors? What if light merely reflects objects in shades of
grey? Will you still be able to see beauty in it?
The Gateway Experience.. with sandy
With the busy workweek and the tight schedule that I have been having, yesterday was my first experience of having to go to one of the fairly new malls that our metropolis have. It seems that people are not contented of having just a place to shop. The Philippines having the lowest savings rate among other asian countries spends more of their income. Thanks to government policy of promoting spending to spur economy rather than saving and thinking about the future.
Anyway, out of cursiousity and amidst our vehemently jam packed schedule, sands managed to squeeze in a few hours of her time and gave me a tour of Gateway right in Cubao...
The architecturally designed entrance
The podium
T is for Sandy. at the photographer's corner
An absolute crowd in the garden
Last stop: Taco Bell
(Judging by the pics blurriness, you would have a hint of who took the picture =)
Bicol: Of Magnificence
"I will dedicate and sacrifice my everything,
for just a seconds worth of how my story's ending.
And I wish I could know if the directions that I take,
and all the choices that I make won't end up all for nothing.
I just came back from the splendid beauty of Bicol in what I can say is the best Bicol experience I ever had. As my friends know how much I like the province travelling there almost every other week two years ago. A friend of mine celebrated his birthday there. With a total travel distance of 1150km. I drove more than 12 hours going to Legaspi City, and off stopping at Tabaco where the Mayon Volcano is just one of the spectacular view of the barrio. As hard as I try to capture every moment, I just hope that there's an equipment that would be able to see what beauty the eyes is able to witness. There is no place I've been to that inspires me more than Bicol does. Of course, I would say that my 16 hour journey to Banawe through Halsema Highway thrilled me more due to the fact that death just exists in one wrong turn. Overall, the experience was truly fascinating. You can view the other pictures in
http://kalsada.com/gallery/One of the scenic views along the national highway in Quezon
Quirino Highway
Biggs: Proudly Bicol
Magnificence
"show me what it's for. make me understand it.
I've been crawling in the dark looking for the answer.
Is there something more than what I've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark looking for the answer.
"help me carry on.
assure me it's ok,
to use my heart and not my eyes to navigate the darkness.
will the ending be ever coming suddenly?
will I ever get to see the ending to my story?
"so when and how will I know?
how much further do I have to go?
how much longer until I finally know?
because I’m looking and I just can't see what's in front of me.
Perceived Perfection
