Just today I was wondering... The way we see the world is entirely based on our personality, habits,etc. Also based on our maturity (that comes with age) we view the same thing differently.
What part of the world is accessible to you is based on your level, if I may say so. As you become more sensitive to the world and more observational and introspective, many things that were right before your eyes, begin to show up clearly. Some things that we would have never seen, crop up.
When we see a picture we see what the artist showcases. The artist has his own lens. He has already cut some of the view and presented what he wants. On top of that, we see what we want - from his art. So many times, I have attended music concerts or art exhibitions and come away empty. I never understood the artists's works. I thought I was dumb. The thing is, I am not on the same plane as the artist. To understand a person or some part of the person, you need to have an overlapping frequency. Same with art.. You need to overlap with the artists's domain to appreciate the art. Recently, I saw The Ship of theseus and came back unimpressed. Some masala movie might have impressed me more! Whereas Kiran Rao was so mighty impressed. So, all that means is, she's at a higher level of understanding than me (actually she's at a different level.. may not necessarily be higher).
The most stark contrast was discovered by me at Las Vegas. Many people questioned how I went twice to Vegas.. Vegas is the porn capital and open prostitution market of America. That's the perception most people have. But to me, it was like a happy place. Everyone was happy.. There were great pieces of architecture to appreciate.. Everyone showed off their architecture and grandeur. It was a photo-op... My parents enjoyed.. There was exotic food and lots of colorful things to see. There was La Reve... which I loved.. there was the wonderful musical fountain at Bellagio.. the obervatory, the glass flowers, flying parasols, night lit gardens, the cream and reds and butterflies at Wynn, the golden peacocks of Baccarat, the pastry shops, the artificial sky at Caesars, the gondolas at The Venetian - everywhere there was something to see. We never gambled. We never drank.. No girls as well.. We just hopped from hotel to hotel.. eating .. walking and sleeping.. We enjoyed the place thoroughly. It was a mini world.. For me, seeing so many people was amusing. America can be terribly lonely.. My view of Vegas would never match with anyone else's. The takeaway for me was so different. Given all these experiences I learnt that, we all have our own unique eyes to see the world. Maybe thats why the say the world is a maya. What appears to me, may not appear to you, or may appear as bad to you. We can never be certain, because what you see if shaped by what you are..
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/05/an-abz-of-love/
"Each one of us regards the world through his own lens, his own glasses. The effect of those glasses is that, even though we may be looking at the same thing, not all of us actually see the same thing. The lenses are ground by each individual’s upbringing, disposition and other factors.
This book is neither art nor science — even though it borrows ingredients from both. It is more by way of being an extra piece of glass through which we can regard a part of life. One can slip it in between one’s own glasses and the window.
It is a piece of glass we have found and polished up a bit. We have looked through it and thought the world looked a bit more human. Perhaps some will think the same as we do.
"
"Disappointments and depressions are necessary features of any process of learning, every development."
What part of the world is accessible to you is based on your level, if I may say so. As you become more sensitive to the world and more observational and introspective, many things that were right before your eyes, begin to show up clearly. Some things that we would have never seen, crop up.
When we see a picture we see what the artist showcases. The artist has his own lens. He has already cut some of the view and presented what he wants. On top of that, we see what we want - from his art. So many times, I have attended music concerts or art exhibitions and come away empty. I never understood the artists's works. I thought I was dumb. The thing is, I am not on the same plane as the artist. To understand a person or some part of the person, you need to have an overlapping frequency. Same with art.. You need to overlap with the artists's domain to appreciate the art. Recently, I saw The Ship of theseus and came back unimpressed. Some masala movie might have impressed me more! Whereas Kiran Rao was so mighty impressed. So, all that means is, she's at a higher level of understanding than me (actually she's at a different level.. may not necessarily be higher).
The most stark contrast was discovered by me at Las Vegas. Many people questioned how I went twice to Vegas.. Vegas is the porn capital and open prostitution market of America. That's the perception most people have. But to me, it was like a happy place. Everyone was happy.. There were great pieces of architecture to appreciate.. Everyone showed off their architecture and grandeur. It was a photo-op... My parents enjoyed.. There was exotic food and lots of colorful things to see. There was La Reve... which I loved.. there was the wonderful musical fountain at Bellagio.. the obervatory, the glass flowers, flying parasols, night lit gardens, the cream and reds and butterflies at Wynn, the golden peacocks of Baccarat, the pastry shops, the artificial sky at Caesars, the gondolas at The Venetian - everywhere there was something to see. We never gambled. We never drank.. No girls as well.. We just hopped from hotel to hotel.. eating .. walking and sleeping.. We enjoyed the place thoroughly. It was a mini world.. For me, seeing so many people was amusing. America can be terribly lonely.. My view of Vegas would never match with anyone else's. The takeaway for me was so different. Given all these experiences I learnt that, we all have our own unique eyes to see the world. Maybe thats why the say the world is a maya. What appears to me, may not appear to you, or may appear as bad to you. We can never be certain, because what you see if shaped by what you are..
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/05/an-abz-of-love/
"Each one of us regards the world through his own lens, his own glasses. The effect of those glasses is that, even though we may be looking at the same thing, not all of us actually see the same thing. The lenses are ground by each individual’s upbringing, disposition and other factors.
This book is neither art nor science — even though it borrows ingredients from both. It is more by way of being an extra piece of glass through which we can regard a part of life. One can slip it in between one’s own glasses and the window.
It is a piece of glass we have found and polished up a bit. We have looked through it and thought the world looked a bit more human. Perhaps some will think the same as we do.
"
"Disappointments and depressions are necessary features of any process of learning, every development."
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