I'll Do It ANYWAZ: challenge my world view!
Wutever to TA hrs...I can attend a bit later (but I will attend thu lol~)I really wanto share my reflections abt one of the SFU gallery photo exhibition sometime ago...(I always meant to blog abt this...but never did...)
Unfortunately I don't even remember what was the name of the photographer >.< (since it's been such a while) I only remembered him as being quite famous in U.S. (New York etc.)
To say the truth...I don't know how everyone feel abt SFU gallery. I personally heart it quite lots =). I walk in once in a while (often sipping on my tea or orange juice -- just to release stress and shelter myself for a moment from the outside world)...and so that day (after a midterm I believe), I notice there's a photo exhibition (& hope everyone knws ...I love photography..thu I have no talent myself lol~)..I walked in, expecting it to be some rily rily pretty scenery photos of New York (was it? I can't remember the exact location that was portrayed in the photos actually..)
To my surprise, it really wasn't pretty scenes...but more of a moment capture of diff ppl's lives of the city. The first photo near the entrance started w/ a exotic kiss from Marilyn Monroe in the streets of New York (Now I'm pretty sure it is New York lol...I think this is the rather famous photo that most ppl have seen sometimes at malls/on posters and tvs sometimes in their life). This photo really lured me into the gallery, thinking the exhibition will be all pretty ....
The next photo that followed was focused on a loving kiss between a couple amongst the crowd of people watching fireworx. The blooming of fireworx, brightening the sky, created a huge contrast yet harmony with the kissing couple. The picture was sweet altogether. The photos which followed start to look different: one w/ a firetruck and a group of firemen putting out an apartment fire, one w/ ppl in the streets breaking into fight, one w/ ppl in the streets asking for change, one w/ a circus performer sleeping in a crowded rest area(?) and much more.. These photos in a way frightened/shocked me, being so different from the kissing photos...
After walking around the gallery again and again, I stopped by to read the commentary section from the photographer. Though I do not remember every words from the commentary, but this I remembered and still do vividly....as the photographer said something like this, "I love New York in a way no one can understand. It is a city where a night can begin with a kiss at one place and somewhere in another part of the city, there are people experiencing an entirely diff life...."
After reading the commentary, I made lots of reflection abt life (what it means for me and for everyone else in this world...) It made me felt lucky to be where I am in this city instead of some other parts of the city. It made me hold gratitudes for many things! ....For real, the trip in the gallery was like an eye-opener for me! I'd say it's like a personal "challenge ur world-view session" lol~
Haha~ now I rily need to find my TA lol~ ciao =)
posted by Lulu @ 2:34 PM
1 Comments:
Woohoo for blog updates! I'll try and read yours today, I know I'm terrible with that! Maybe while I'm in econ tutorial...
I actually got the picture from my new msn skin.. I'll send it on msn if you remind me!
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