I feel so small each time I look at this! I love how the sunlight shined through the leaves like the tree was posing for me. this really made my day :)
Sunday, October 16, 2011
when I wake up in the morning, love
This afternoon I went for a walk to finish my photo assignment. My assignment was about motion, and while I was just experimenting with the settings, I ended up taking this picture of a tree.
I feel so small each time I look at this! I love how the sunlight shined through the leaves like the tree was posing for me. this really made my day :)
I feel so small each time I look at this! I love how the sunlight shined through the leaves like the tree was posing for me. this really made my day :)
Friday, October 14, 2011
The Dreamers
"When your'e supposed to be careful you never are.
When its time for you to be care-free, you hold back"
Future Sounds
I think once in a while its pretty healthy to write about things you're looking forward to when it comes to the future. I look at all the crappy schoolwork I have waiting for me at home. Thinking about all the things I want to do in the not-so distant (I say not-so distant because life is short) future - and its the only motivation that gets me to sit down and fight through all the school work.
This term Ive been learning how to layout magazines or newsletters. (maybe I can post some here when I'm done!) Last term we learned about film. I really like my course. I like what I'm learning. with that said, I really need to focus on finding where it is my course will lead me. Communication Arts has a lot of tracks.
I look at all the billboards in the expressway and I realize that I dont really want to do advertising or marketing. I mean I'm sure theres fulfillment to be found in that line of work, but I think I'd rather try out a career in photo journalism or writing. Maybe thats just me. When I think about success all I could picture is just a lot of things I want to create. I want to write a novel, I want to fall into my art, I want to dive into philosophy, I never want to stop learning. Yet all the things I want are pretty risky - Its not really the formula for a stable and safe career, but this post isn't about that.
If we're talking about just pure "hey gen, so where are you going with all of this?" thats the only thought that gets me excited. The thought of creating something, the thought of breaking away. I feel like I have so much to translate and express that I just dont want to die without even trying. I get excited when I'm in a creative environment. I get excited when you have a problem that only creativity or imagination can solve.
I want to learn so much about the world, the whole world. I look out into the sky and I find myself smiling inside thinking that its the same sky that wraps around us all. How under that same sky there are people who are hungry, people who are greedy, people who are in love, people who are praying, trees growing, waves rippling, grounds quaking, tides breaking, etc etc.
when i feel this way, I just cant help but feel so driven and so inspired. I dont even think about having a family and kids or whatever (but i think were too young for that anyway). All I want now when I think of the future is to just be in it. Completely there and feeling completely alive because I'm doing something I love or creating something worth while. I hope I end up fighting for all the things I believe in, and fighting against all the things that make this world an ugly place. I never want to encourage violence, insensitivity, vanity. I guess you could say I have a lot of ideals. I hope I can find a way to frame them into reality.
This term Ive been learning how to layout magazines or newsletters. (maybe I can post some here when I'm done!) Last term we learned about film. I really like my course. I like what I'm learning. with that said, I really need to focus on finding where it is my course will lead me. Communication Arts has a lot of tracks.
I look at all the billboards in the expressway and I realize that I dont really want to do advertising or marketing. I mean I'm sure theres fulfillment to be found in that line of work, but I think I'd rather try out a career in photo journalism or writing. Maybe thats just me. When I think about success all I could picture is just a lot of things I want to create. I want to write a novel, I want to fall into my art, I want to dive into philosophy, I never want to stop learning. Yet all the things I want are pretty risky - Its not really the formula for a stable and safe career, but this post isn't about that.
If we're talking about just pure "hey gen, so where are you going with all of this?" thats the only thought that gets me excited. The thought of creating something, the thought of breaking away. I feel like I have so much to translate and express that I just dont want to die without even trying. I get excited when I'm in a creative environment. I get excited when you have a problem that only creativity or imagination can solve.
I want to learn so much about the world, the whole world. I look out into the sky and I find myself smiling inside thinking that its the same sky that wraps around us all. How under that same sky there are people who are hungry, people who are greedy, people who are in love, people who are praying, trees growing, waves rippling, grounds quaking, tides breaking, etc etc.
when i feel this way, I just cant help but feel so driven and so inspired. I dont even think about having a family and kids or whatever (but i think were too young for that anyway). All I want now when I think of the future is to just be in it. Completely there and feeling completely alive because I'm doing something I love or creating something worth while. I hope I end up fighting for all the things I believe in, and fighting against all the things that make this world an ugly place. I never want to encourage violence, insensitivity, vanity. I guess you could say I have a lot of ideals. I hope I can find a way to frame them into reality.
beh
I feel so bombarded by social networking sites. I don't like staying on them too long because its tiring and unreal. We choose profile pictures or statuses as if it will define us or show the world who we truly are, but if you think about it, it never really matters. These sites are just white screens where we can rub off our projections. You think you can know a person through this projection. You look at their wall, you judge their pictures, but in the end that isn't really who that person is. We've turned into a pretty obsessive bunch of folk - watching each other with telescope computer screens.
20 years ago, people would never limit themselves this way. So many people want a million likes. Not all do, but I'm just saying for some - and its sad because its this whole new platform for people to be insecure or arrogant or whatever. and whats the worst part? its not even real. You think this is your social life, but really theres nothing life-like about it.
It's funny because this is supposed to make us more connected - this was the whole point of the information age. Yet I dont know. I think were all lonelier than we've ever been. We seldom bother getting to know a person more than what we can pick up in their pages. Deep conversation was the information age's biggest casualty. why bother when everything is already public. All the "information" you need is there. Everyone is airing out their dirty laundry. yum.
But it does have its uses: school work and the like. Still, there are some things you wish you didn't have access to anymore. so easily, so instantly.
Everything is just too fast, and yet nothing is happening. Why do we try to swim deep in a pool so shallow? These are just some of the things that make me wish I was born in a different era.
20 years ago, people would never limit themselves this way. So many people want a million likes. Not all do, but I'm just saying for some - and its sad because its this whole new platform for people to be insecure or arrogant or whatever. and whats the worst part? its not even real. You think this is your social life, but really theres nothing life-like about it.
It's funny because this is supposed to make us more connected - this was the whole point of the information age. Yet I dont know. I think were all lonelier than we've ever been. We seldom bother getting to know a person more than what we can pick up in their pages. Deep conversation was the information age's biggest casualty. why bother when everything is already public. All the "information" you need is there. Everyone is airing out their dirty laundry. yum.
But it does have its uses: school work and the like. Still, there are some things you wish you didn't have access to anymore. so easily, so instantly.
Everything is just too fast, and yet nothing is happening. Why do we try to swim deep in a pool so shallow? These are just some of the things that make me wish I was born in a different era.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
burp
Lately I've been wanting to be more quiet. Its not like I'm sad or anything (I say this cause some people would think quiet = sad). I don't want to be rude to anyone. Its not like having a conversation with them is the worst thing, it's nothing personal. I just like the quiet.
quiet isn't boring nor awkward, neither is it some exaggerated otherworldly epic beautiful thing. it's just nice. Sometimes its all you need.
I know I talk too much. I notice that the more uncomfortable I am with a situation, the more I succumb to useless blabber. I ramble a lot and it can get pretty embarrassing sometimes. Well its okay though. I'm sure each person has their own little personality glitches they have to live with.
I guess its just nice to be in a situation where you can just be, and its the most natural thing in the world that you're just there and there's nothing you need to say. It just comes. you dont think. Youre just there with a nice soft blanket of quiet. Not that I dont enjoy talking to people, I do..I mean its okay.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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