Friday, August 15, 2008

Atmaja - Self Portrait .... Re-read and re-done



True Me

I choose this picture only because this is my reflection. This is one of the very few pictures in which my happy-go-lucky, spunky, funny characteristics are captured both through my SMILE & EYES. I am accustomed to smile whenever a photograph is being clicked just because I do not like pictures with grumpy faces. A picture is a memory for lifetime so why not capture the happy moments.

This picture was clicked by me when I was on my way for a holiday to Rajasthan. My excitement is evident because I was longing for a short ‘Break’. The light falling on my face adds a warm touch to this photo.

I recently realized that in most of my pictures I would have a smile on my face but my eyes would speak something different. I truly believe that my eyes express my genuine feeling. This is one amongst my favorite pics where my three most important elements i.e. eyes, mind and soul is genuinely feeling happy and content.

Atmaja


2 comments:

oops! said...

Atmaja:
Phew! So much better!...It is a nice photograph and your face does light up! but so many questions come to mind - is this THE "true me"?, why do you want to remember only "happy moments"? what's that lady doing behind you in the frame?

Do you remember what you were thinking about when you felt so "genuinely" happy? So is it then about the photograph per se or the memory it evokes? - Ajay

oops! said...

I was genuinely happy coz i was on a vacation after soooo long. I am truely very happy go lucky, enthusiastic and a funny person.Only people close to me know that. When i say that my eyes express somethings else it just doesn't mean sadness. It could be a thought thats going on in my mind that is worrying me or self analysis or may be something else. i dont think anyone wants to remember sad and annoying things, so i believe that pics should bring in good memory. We already have other things in life to be sad about. The lady in the frame is my grandmom. While i was clicking the pic she just suddenly passed by. But this is the pic in which I smiled "ekdum dilse" :) It evokes one of my best memories.

Atmaja