I am very comfortable with your comments, Visar! The only possibility at the end is, that we do "the good and right" not because of some underlying regulation, but much more because of maturing and getting really grown up in mind. This, as already said, needs time. And in the meanwhile we need laws that state the shoulds and the shouldn'ts.
Freedom needs more than simply "wanting" it. It needs deep thinking and it needs the will to accept it too and abandon the fear to live it. And so it will happen, seen with the eyes of the future.
After all, what are some hundreds of years in front of history? (Of course only if we also put the own life in a not so "central" place of the universe! ;-))
cannot agree more Nick! I would like to add to the last paragraph of yours that all the laws and rules and policies and regulation of the world, put in one chapter, would not fill the gaps for the deeds human imagination can come up with!! this gives me wings where i have shoulders! ;) as for the fear, well, only guts can suck it up!
What you say reminds me of one of the hardest things to undertand for me. How can it be possible that the whole mass of ca 7 billion people on earth is hold behind the fences of norms of technocracy by some few thousands that dictate what is "the right thing to so"? I guess that much of that behavior of sheep in the group takes place here, and so we ourselves allow those few thousands to limit, crop, cripple us the way we must be in order for that system of limited mental power to continue to exist. As an example, what is really work the way is gets implemented? I can only see a necessity of it as it is now to be done only *insode* the frames of technocracy, since else it wouldn't be measurable, countable in money or in any other of their limited "values". So, on one hand we all admire those who still dare live *their* lives under these circumstances, and we look up to them, but on the other side we are still too afraid to escape the conformity that is induced by those few who obviously do not mean it when they speak about such things like the right of the own personal development. In ithe words, we are free to develop ourselves *inside* the frames they defined. Thus we are free to do what they dictate.
A bit more courage would do good here, to stand uo right in front of any of those "threatening" diactates, in the sense of "if you don't go that way, then this and that will hapopen to you". A typical example is "to work just for the necessary money for surviving". At the end, nothing bad happens to the one that decides to not stay for ever in such limiting cages, even if the jump out of the cage is always described so threatening. They are the masters of illusion, you see, and that illusion of fear to go the own ways seems to sit quite firmly in our heads - and so they take advantage of that.
But this situation is only a transitional state. It won't last for ever. In historical time scalöes it will be replaced by some more progressive form of society. It just needs its time.
as i finished reading your reply, his highness- Jack Kerouac and his book 'on the road' came to my mind, my favorite lines "The only people for me are the mad ones... the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." and it goes on and on, filling you up with nostalghia of a time left in memory. But most of all, the nostalgia for a crazy human being, who could steal 17 cars within a night- just for one night service, while those cars were parked and unused for the moemnt, he would only displace them- to the places where he had business, to get to taste the youthful nectar of a flower from one edge of the city to the other- the living hero himself, Dean Moriarty/ Neal Casedy!! so what makes a man so great, certanly not the look, nor the clothes, nor anything as trivial as mere punch line cliches as we get to see in the very calculated films and drama- but the real spirit of a human being!! yes, that's that- and in our technocratic world, that's more than rare to find and hard to bear if found-- those technocrats desire silence and thus expand the subconscious-- while lost in their 'tripping'. well, what can i say...
anyway, i am very lazy these days, my head is heavy and can't really think much-- too much drinking during the last celebrations- and on 18 my friends decided to celebrate my birthday too, and last night another night of madness under the starry dinamo night of Prishtina, dragging one another, drawned in coloufull bottoms of whiskey glasses, hysterically naked-- in a deranged state of mind, chassing rabbits in the in all underground shi**holes tyring to get a little proper step towards death!
I immediately understand exactly what you mean, Visar, though I am not a particular fun of most people you refer to. But Lemmy and the guys are always good for me too! I have the impression that Motorhead still remains much too underhyped, but this must also be because of the guys themselves being very down to earth. And also very ironic and humorous against themselves too.
From the older balds I am quite fascinated by The Who. "Won't get fooled again" is my number 1 after all those years.
I think we'll have more than enough time for chitchatting about this thingie called rock'n'roll in all its different styles and versions - with me of course standing on the quite hard and heavy side of things, ey?
Very nice dedication dear Visar to the lovely and Sweet Srna .... She does have the way of making the distance seem to dissapear- also your (or the models) expression is perfect for this title - Excellent my friend !
hey Nick thanks a lot for the lines, i guess a few things are just timeless- no dust of time can cover them. Metal!! hmm, there's a few metal virtuouses that blow me away; i probably should not go on naming them all- but, of metal, Motorhead/ Lemmy is the God!! because, i'm more into old rock- Zeppelin, Doors, Floyd, Dylan and many many others- my metal hipocrisy ends with Lemmy ;) my brain wires get mengled when i listen to him. though, my most prefered singer and author is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, especially for the last decade! though, i never forgot Morphine, Alice in Chains, Velvet Underground, David Bowie... and the list goes on :) without leaving aside good old blues and Jazz too- but this is more for kind of groovie times, a little bit of calming down and chitchatting, and why not getting into the habit of seeing around for a mood catalysator, ;) you know of what i am speaking! women man, can't live with them, can't shoot them
;) "i looked at you" from The Doors just bumped in my head after reading your comment- so, yeah, to me the mutual gaze is the first knock/ bridge between two- the rest is complementing one another's whatever... regards, v.
I love that expression"Mutual gaze...." since you know this way you will connect with everyone that is gazing back at you through this photo. well thought. regards E
Late in the night, and I watch the DVD show on my Mac. This image, it just could have been the cover of the whole album by the and only.. The Who! Yes Sir, I admit that Eddie is a master to me, but then again, you know.. the sincere and simple words of The Who will always get me:
********************************** I woke up in a Zurich doorway, a policeman knew my name. He said "You can go sleep at home tonight If you can get up and walk away"
I staggered back to the underground and the breeze blew back my hair I remember throwin' punches around and preachin' from my chair
who are you? who, who? *********************************
Just replace "Zurich" with any other place and you get just this sincere and straight image that we se here.
OK, we live in 2007 but I guess such lyrics get us all rather by surprise no matter what the number of the year is. Oh, and in case I didn't tell, yes, metal is my domain, but I still try to get that sincerity of Pete's lines into metal - without any success so far, I'm afraid! ;-) Anyway, this image asks.. who are you?
I feel inclined telling Townshend about that. Yoi just got it right, Visar!
Once again that kind of very personal style that you seem to develop, Visar! No spashes, no flashes, perhaps a bit less weight on pure technical things, but what a *real* moment that still has the attitudes of some kind of existential question about the very being itself! To capture that is way not a piece of cake.
To also photograph those gaps you talk about, *including* the basic and important questions about a conscience that *has* first to *exist* in order to question its own existence and then also its existence in relation to other consciences that may perceive that "there are also other like me"... this is not strict photography. It's much like photographic philosophy, as for example Vangelis could be considered a "sound philosopher".
Anything on this image grows on me. The vague, interested but still also anxious look of the young man, the softer focus on his face that underlines this vagueness, the ambivalnce between a smiling and a shy look, which enforces the question about the persent and perceived conscience of the photographer, and then his hand on a gesture of thinking or drawing the boundaries - a bridge and a gap at the same time.
Add the low number of colors, and I would say here it is: An image of existential nature far beyond all the wannabe thoughtful images about stupidities that many too many keep on presenting us. No, here we have deep and heavy workload of thinking induced with just looking a photograph!
Very unique shot dear visar, and very appropriate for our sweet Srna..! Great concept.. Different and interesting portrait. Warm regards and hugs to both of you visar and to my friend sweet Srna. parehan
Another great portrait form you dude with great vinatge kind of tones, I am really curious how do you get these tones like this. Great use fo light too
So very beautiful portrait Visar and so very unexpected appreciation which obviously made so very speechless !!! Heartfelt thank you !!! Once again you've made me to put your so very fine work into my Fav. ;))) lol Take care, Hug, Srna
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