Been working to hard… quite embarrassing actually. true nonetheless, so no shame.
On another hand, this is Erykah Badu
This is an impersonator. haha
It’s your choice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te6qG4yn-Ps
I was just reflecting today while i was talking with my friend ryan on gchat. and this whole thing popped into my head again. It’s about the Matrix and our choice of taking the blue pill or the red pill.. I must say, we’re all in that seat and it’s a choice we are to make. however, not often do we realize we’re even in that seat cause we’re so blinded to even ask question the infrastructure of our thinking and why we think the way we think. It’s not about blue or red..
The question is asking whether reality/truth, is worth pursuing.
The blue pill will leave us as we are, complacent amongst things we believe we know. We are comfortable, we do not need truth to live… or we believe what we know and believe is truth (this isn’t a typo).
The red pill is an unknown. We are told that it can help us to find the truth. However, we don’t know what the truth is. We don’t know if the pill itself well help us find it.. this red pill represents the doubt, the risk, and the questioning of what we believe. In order to answer your question on truth, you risk your current like and world to experience a new reality that you have never experienced.
I’ve seen the movie maybe.. twice, but I never realized that I was clearly in that seat when i first saw the movie.
What Morpheus says at 2:38 definitely shows us how we’re a product of media’s representation of life… we’re born into this prison without even knowing it. We watched television growing up, and have been told how to react to many situations without ever once questioning it.
Which pill are you going to take after reading this? Know that the truth we seek and come to know by taking the red pill may not be what we want to hear or know. Truth may be exactly the opposite to how you think and function currently, but that’s a hardship that we have to deal with in accepting Truth. It’s not easy, but if you seek and question your current reality, and find that it wasn’t reality at all, be happy that you can even see “outside the matrix.” Truth will require you to breakdown and leave what you’ve known in the past. However, many will fall and use comfort as a crutch, leaving Truth behind, only wanting to return to comfort. But ask yourself, what’s more important for you, Truth or comfort? There is comfort in Truth, but that only comes afterward.
Take the Blue Pill, or the Red Pill?
Forgiveness and then some
it’s such a hard concept, especially when one gets hurt from it. Our experience tells us, why trust someone again after what they’ve done? the Gospel tells us something else. If they ask for forgiveness, you don’t hold a single thing against them. You don’t even hold a single thing against them regardless. I know this was something I didn’t care about for the past 21 years of my life, as if someone stepped on my toe, I would be in defense mode for the remainder of time.
“Love… it keeps no record of wrongs”
I feel like this essence of love is not ever thought of when people use the term “love”
I feel that society as a whole doesn’t even know what love is, nor practice it. We take the EASY part of love.. too often we pick and choose what we want from a whole, be it a book, food, or even Truth. It is easy to love the lovable. eh.. I’ll just leave it at this cause i can go on a rant..
I’m guess I’m just thankful that those around me have redefined what LOVE is to me in their words and actions.
I’ve experienced what real love is like.
I’ve experienced what Truth does.
It punches you in the chest and kicks you in the gut at the same time… but feels so good afterwards
dan and jacob. The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA (2009)
documenting the documentary
I’m shooting as discretely as possible inside these morning dim sum places as the culture of this older generation of Chinese folks are relaxed and talking story. In the process of working on this documentary project involving Chinatown, I figured to document some things that happen while shooting. So in the midst of shooting, des and I are partaking in it eating baos and having milk tea
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Problem here..
So it’s 2PM, and I’m running errands with no money or card… where do I park?
*meh* I’ll worry about making this photo instead
Sunday Hair Cuts
desiree is the haircutting specialist
sitting and thinking – check out that sexy catch light in the eye.. bathroom hot light bounced off a sink-type reflector. hah
cause it’s about the bangs
and the spikes
4×5 View Camera _ pic 1
First post of a large format scan – Shot 4×5 view camera on Fujichrome Provia 100F – more to come :]
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