Thought No. 1090

I recently attended a rave in Singapore.
And I noticed people taking out their cameras to record the performance.

It got me thinking about the way we view the world.
The lens, the perspective, how we perceive and how we remember.

First of all, why do we take photographs of the world?
We want these images to be seen.
To capture a moment lost in time. That even replicated, will never be the same as the first.
That the moment, we can then share with others who weren't there to illicit an emotional response.
The point of photographs is to be seen. By you or by others, that is besides the point.

Words induce imagination. Pictures limit them.
With words, I can describe the show and you and I will have differing images of what occurred and where the emphasis would be.
With pictures, you and I would be on the same page of what occurred and where the emphasis would be on.

Why do we distrust our memories so?
Do we distrust our ability to remember details?
Do we distrust out ability to communicate those details in a manner that other people will understand?

Pictures are memories that live outside of us.
And they help us to remember what sometimes forget.
They help to bring us back to a different time, a different place.
Maybe that is what Art is really about.
Maybe that's what Life can sometimes be about.

To be caught up in the past is dangerous.