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Contemplation
Our food makes us who we are. What we eat defines us as individuals. Our food consumption helps distinguish our health, weight, budget, level of consciousnesses, morals, ethics and the list goes on. The choice is always there… Some of us just stroll through life blindly being spoon fed by peers, parents, media, society and the government to (un)define who they are. Others have their eyes, ears, hearts and minds open to make our own decisions and take the spoon society tries to feed us with by sticking it….. Some people are stuck in that gray area of Contemplation.
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Amongst the Angels
Submitted by Sherwood Hinze in Toronto on 20th February 2011 | Ways of Seeing |
Recoleta Cemetary in Buenos Aires, Argentina is where the super-wealthy and powerful of Argentina lay in state for eternity. It is at once a stunning and absurd triumph of the Christian ego. Here one finds colossal examples of Neoclassical, Neogothic, Art Nuevo, and Art Deco archetecture amongst the more than 6,400 mausoleums.
Here one can find mausoleums the size of small churches. Apparantly, only the Pére Lachaise of Paris compares.
My girlfriend and I were stunned by the triumphs of beauty and by the enormity of humanity’s narcism. As we came around one corner of this bizarre world we came upon what I later discovered to be called the Dome of the Angels.
I am not a Christian – but couldn’t help feel something magnificent when looking up at them.
Maybe it was the sense of eternity, or peace, which they exuded. Perhaps it was a moment of nostalgia for a gnostic understanding of the world that seems to be evaporating in the Tea Party Christian nonsense infecting our culture.Maybe it was a reminder that death is forever, and they looked down on me wondering what I was doing with my one and precious life…
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Building Character
Submitted by J.T. Cassidy in Yokohama, Japan on 14th December 2010 | Ways of Seeing |
Yokohama, Japan – Old wooden buildings with corrugated metal siding like this one are quickly disappearing from my neighborhood only to be replaced by bright, broad-shouldered condominiums and shiny shopping centers that draw would-be residents and shoppers like bears to honey.
Over the years time and weather have chiseled these structures into complex works of art whose beauty is overlooked or, as often is the case with great art, misunderstood. For some curious reason they can be even more imposing and much more uninviting than the brightly-lit sterile towers that so often take their place. Like all masterpieces though, the real test is time and as years pass by I’m sure they will be missed for what they are and once were.
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Beauty of dehydrated Anchovies
…. Food is not just something we eat… Ever stop to see the beauty in what you’re about to consume… Everything you eat has a story… It came from somewhere near or far. There is a hidden beauty within every little food in the recipe. These anchovies have an untold story. They unfortunately and unwillingly gave up their lives for someone else’s life to go on by consumption. They also provided others with money in their pockets (the fishermen, transporters, grocery store owners and employees). These little anchovies (and any other food) deserve a moment of appreciation, of thanks and of respect. Our world is full of beauty, and if you find it hard to find that beauty on your own then let me do my job and deliver a glimpse to you via my camera.
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For Sale: Solidarity
Submitted by Sophia Kutsiuruba in Saskatoon, SK on 30th August 2010 | Ways of Seeing |
Something inside me cheered (and still cheers) fiercely for this South African woman on the side of the road every time we would pass her on the freeway in Johannesburg. I’m not sure what exactly, but something like admiration for her courage, gentleness, determination, sense of humour. The purity in her small act of civil disobedience makes me wish my solidarity with her was as tangible as purchasing her mangoes and not simply snapping her photograph.
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