Silent Times. Underexposed. Black

More than 1 year since I 'Blogged'.
I have been so involved in running, distracting myself. This outlet somehow lost the spark. The Enthusiasm, the 'fun' in writing had somehow faded. I involved myself in the ignorance of 'Black'. Like an Ostrich, dug my head in the ground, believing the world would not see me.



'Black' was the time I had stopped looking.
There was no Color.
All pictures that I took. Just existed. Somehow, Without Life.



There was a time again. When There was color. There was some Light.
It is like one of those low-light situations. You boost the ISO. Fight The Grain. Or Lower the Shutter Speed. And Fight the shake.
The pseudo-Light atmosphere, I realized now. Was just another distraction.
To divert my head from the Darkness.


I would think -
"There is little difference between Rear View Mirrors and Old Memories.
We use both to look back.
We never Learn.
We cannot undo what has happened, Only stare at it.
We are constantly reminded of what we just passed.
We still love to look behind, even at Top Speed.
"


Rear-Viewing all those Yesterdays.
I smile. 'Cos I cannot relate to the 'Dark Age' anymore.
It is a fading memory. Just a Phase, I say.
Just one of those times, When your camera doesn't click.
Maybe I was waiting for Better Light. Better Colors.
More time, meant a better Composition. Better Connect.
Then again 'Better' would be a relative term.

I guess, This is the Picture I have been waiting to take.
I know.
I live.

Fake?

How many times have we heard this word being stamped on your artwork?
Or are pictures different?

This brings us to an interesting question. How do we decide whether an artwork is real or fake?
Does real mean a fresh out of the box idea? Or an old idea presented in a new way? Or the same idea presented in different ways?

What about pictures?
What is 'real'. Someone shouts out 'something that is not worked upon with software tools'. But then what about digital paintings? Is all that fake?
And that makes all the CG movies 'worked upon'. and fake.

And what about paintings? How would a painting be real? Only if you used brush and color? what if you used a spray paint, would that be fake too..? Adding clay in paint makes it 'worked upon' ? and what about re-touching a painting to add some more color.. Definitely fake i would say!

Why is there so much hue and cry over what is original?
When you see a photograph, does your emotion depend on which software was used to re-touch the picture? Does using external flash also makes it fake? and what about white balance.. is using long exposure fake too?

Where do we draw a line?
Why can't we just respect the time and effort someone has put to make his art look good.
When will we stop seeing the physicality,
When will an emotion overcome us,
Is it not our failure to observe, sense and absorb.
Why can we just not feel the art?
Why can we just not shut up?

I.. I alone

Another Mix Picture Dish

Ah! 2008.
A Very Happy New Year to you.
:)

Well. This is another mix picture dish.
I am out getting the right ingredients.
And will start the preparation soon.

It will be a healthy mix of photographs from all walks of life.. from all angles.. and all techniques
click click..