Don't Blink, Don't Miss A Thing (Yes, A Repeated Title, No A Different Picture, Maybe A Different Meaning)

Explanation of Don't Blink, Don't Miss A Thing:

(Oops. Apparently the internet was cut off on Sunday so nothing could be posted and i was out the whole of yesterday. Hah)

I got this idea from a picture which i took in the car using my handphone. It was a shot of the side view mirror as the car was speeding down the road. It is interesting how the surroundings would be blurred out and the image in the mirror would still be clear and still. Somehow is reminds me of how we tend to go so fast in life, aiming for the quickest possible way, the most convenient yet effective and the most efficient, without stopping for a break. As such we rush through everything we do, with our eyes focused on that goal and our bodies rushing against time. Tunnel vision doesn't help. In the end we miss out everything around us for that certain goal and in a way achieving this sort of goals become more of a mundane task rather than an adventure, and in the end we miss out on so many things along the way. The surroundings in this painting (in this case, picture) represent the things around us in a blur because of our constant aim for efficiency and just taking on whatever comes our way with whatever we have without a break. It reflects our culture of going instant (e.g instant food, instant downloads, faster connection speeds etc.) and missing out on many things along the way (e.g experiences with someone, time with your family, enjoying God's creation around you, moments that take your breath away etc.) And then when we look back at those experiences, we realise that it is like looking back at the image in the side view mirror; once it has passed you, it gets harder and harder to appreciate it like how we did the first time as it fades away further, becomes smaller, before ending as a tiny speck in the mirror. And as we dwell on that fact, we miss out the other new things that come our way too. Sometimes, it's best that we hit the brakes and slow down our pace, for life doesn't give us pause buttons or rewinds, and neither does it stop. So it's best sometimes we slow down and stop to smell the roses (take pictures of it, pluck some to give someone or make pressed flowers, eat them, oh, whatever makes you sleep tonight, up to you) and take our goals and aims as what it should be, an adventure not a monotonous job.

I think this summary is better the one in my art book. Lol.

~~~
Monday, June 30, 2008

Training (i love training alone on still water in the morning) then went out with canoeing people on monday to watch Don't Mess With The Zohan (it sure does mess up your mind ><), then off with sloo and lloyd to get chips and dips for the party (not bad eh, $1.80 quick sale chips were quite good!), then walked to foo's condo which was deep in the guts of sunset way. I'm quite sure those two got the exercise they needed for the week. Quite a good party with all the junk food and drinks. Melted ice cream. Lol. And marissa had loads of fun with my cam, evident from the spam shots and blackmail worthy photos. Awesome. Hah. And lloyd was. Nevermind. Oh, still feels like holidays even though its school term. Bad. So i wonder about hidden things.