Friday, January 25, 2008'♥
//insulated in the deeper hues of grey.//
listening -
dont know why by norah jones.
It's almost tragic, how we can never differentiate the truths from falsities, of what's
really happening.It's even more tragic how i will always be insulated from this whole existentialism and realism with just paper knowledge .Without an opportunity to experience before my very eyes, less the deliberate and fancy,construction of stories of lives,and of people, i may just be better off being the inanimate pawn of a chessgame.
Life is alittle too comfortable when one only learns about life by sinking into a couch ,reading, on a friday night.
Here i am in the company of third world countries,aid agencies and appeal aids.
(For starters, I am one who buys tissue packs from bus terminal aunties for $10,if that's is enough to convince you that i am quite nice after all,inspite of what i am about to say.)
It's bold ,but i cant help but to believe that the many preconceived notions about passivity,vulnerability of these societies are perhaps,just fancy products and sentimentalisation of aid agencies to garner international support and aids.
Do not be mistaken.
I am but anywhere near ,in doubt of their actual sufferance.(Think adverts and images, of overcrowded refugee camps,the young and old , hands outstretched for food.)Surely,this cant be the actual representation of the majority in the situation.
Perhaps, i just wish the portrayal of the messages behind these campaigns were less exploitative , picturing a more realistic view of the majority in such societies,where they will be characterised by,strength,by hopeful rigour, planning and working hard for their survival in the highly unequal world.
Of course, it's almost predictable that if images of such ,were to change, it will only conflict with our preconceived notions of their sufferances(and the geopolitical,self motivated aims of governments and agencies?).Consequentially,this will affect the impetus for many to help.But that's only because,these notions have already been deeply ingrained in our conciousness.
If the situation was otherwise, if we have known alittle better,less of the exaggerated sufferance from the start,and more of the actual happenings, i believe, these societies will still be able to deservingly receive their aids and the world be a better place,with alittle less dramatising.
Pardon me ,when it's this inexplicable heavy heart, exhaling the words tonight.
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the most artful thing in the world is acting naturally.
