Friday, February 03, 2006

Random attempts at "celebral" matters

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Was randomly browsing through my stuff at home and came across my old "artwork"@ my attempts to be artistic and poetic. Probably did this around 16+? I'm actually (cough!) proud of this brown cardboard of faces that I cut from different magazines.
This piece of "art" (sounds so professional..haha) was supposed to potray the potpourri of diversity in humankind. Faces of innocent babies side by side famous politicians, glamorous supermodels next to beloved grandmothers, starving African children neighbours to rich celebrities, giggly kids alongside serious thinkers.
My favourite combination takes the centre piece, the grieving mother crying by her dead jihadist son directly next to a picture perfect couple staring into each other's eyes. Both pictures were delibrately placed as such, for both pictures centred on love, yet both evoked such contrasting outcomes. One, bitter tears, the other shinning hope.

Another random thought "gripper"

We have taller buildings but shorter tempers,
Wider highways but narrower viewpoints,
We spend more but have less,
We have higher incomes but lower morals.

We have bigger homes but smaller families,
More conveniences but less time,
More degrees but less common sense,
More knowledge but less judgment,
More experts but more problems,
More apathy but less compassion,
More food but less appeasement.

We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values;
We have become long on quantity but short on quality.

We have learnt how to make a living but not a life;
We've learnt to rush but not wait,
We have added years to life not life to years.

We have counquered outer space but not found our inner self,
We have accomplished bigger things but not better things,
We've cleaned up the air but poluted the soul,
We've split the atom but not our prejudice.

We have more aquaintances but fewer friends.
We have more connectivity but less communication.

These are the times of fast food and slow digestions,
tall men but short character,
steep profits but shallow relationships.

These are the times of two incomes but more divorce,
fancier houses but broken homes.

These are the times of quick trips, fast words, temper tantrums, empty promises, cheap thrills, throwaway morality, disposable diapers, 1 minute makeovers and pills that cheer, quiet, kill.

These are the times where men seek to be served instead of serve,
These are times where God is on trial while men are judges,
These are times where values are fluid and truth; relative.
Lord, save us from ourselves!
For what good is man,
if he gains the whole world,
only to lose his soul?
(Adapted not so" canggih" to come up with this all on my own of course! haha)

Thank you for tolerating my attempts to be "celebral" :)
Yea, reading too much political/sociological magazines at home! (blame the Father for subscribing all these materials) AGAIN..hahaha.
As a consequence, "earned" only RM14 worth of angpows! (to my defence, I don't have local relatives, my parents don't give angpows to their own and some houses nowadays don't give angpows... :) )
Plus, abandoning the medical books too...

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