a state of mind…

You know how it is when you have a gzillion things in your mind that the heart cannot process? Or a million things in the heart, the mind cannot process? Pretty much sums it up for me.

What I saw when I was walking on the Helix bridge,  encapsulated exactly that state of mind.

   I saw droves of people reflected on the mirrored surface of the “roof” structure of the bridge. Unknown throngs, a mass of grey matter, triangulating in the prisms of each other’s space unknowingly.  It was like the myriad colliding thoughts in my head. Unprocessed.

The Nanyang Polytechnic display at “iLight” Marina Bay reflected that state too. At least in my mind.

    It was a “Picasso-ish” structure and the lights are “turned on” by the sound of voices. Impressive, guys and really cool! It was such a kaleidoscope of colours arising from all that noise. To me, it encapsulated the dissonance of life. Yet showing the harmony in dissonance. Structure in chaos. Rationality in the absurd.

  Almost like our theatre of the absurd, which we call life.

Faceless in a crowd.  

   Alien in our own home…Hard to fathom, pretty much like our racing thoughts. Unprocessed. Sometimes chaotic even. Yet we find some order in chaos. To cope.

PS: Pictures taken on the 4S. It’s quite decent. Honestly, didn’t expect to be able to capture the images as it was a very dark night and the structures were brightly lit, some against reflective surfaces. Though the Helix Bridge effect wasn’t exactly the same as what I saw in my mind. :p

PPS: More iLight pictures, maybe, another day.

where the sky ends and the water begins ….

where the sky ends and the water begins...

What I saw when I shot this? Well, rather what I thought when the picture was taken.

Where the sky ended and the water in the pond begins? Was the fish in the pond or in the sky? Is what you see really what it is? Was this fish the only one in its watery world? Or in a place in the sky?

Was this fish pondering the same question? Or perhaps it was just struggling to survive.

What you see of the lone fish is only half the picture. The other half is all the giant koi rushing towards the vibrations of human feet from where they think they will get their next feed.

cornered....

Pushed to a corner for their survival. Were they the real survivors?

Like life.

Where life starts and ends is blurred. What’s left is the survival. And who survives.

     

Look who’s waiting by the sidelines. Can’t see? Look again. Making a move now…

one splash and what's left is the spectre of the giant koi

What a splash! What a manoeuvre…

Like life. There are those who wait patiently by the sidelines. Then in one fell [swoosh] they make a move leaving others in their wakes, their watery trail of dust.

it's not always beauty who gets there first...

So who survives? Don’t discount the beast (we won’t go into “define beauty” at this point) alongside with the beauty … at the end.

Where does the water in the pond end and the sky begin? Is it a watery world or a place in the sky?

You tell me.

PS: Pictures taken with iPhone 3GS at Changi General Hospital Koi pond where my niece was hospitalised for colitis this past Lunar New Year. We had wheeled her from her ward for some fresh air.

Such “inspired” thoughts from her aunt.