Blog Post #1: What do the film and the photo reveal about the human condition?
Historia de un Letrero: This short film reveals about how our community and society react to the lifestyles of each other. The blind man simply wrote "Have Compassion. I am blind." It tells the passer byers nothing really meaningful and that's why they walk on. For example, there is only a big commotion when a celebrity ends up at the latest hotspot, but when I, for instance, walks into that same hotspot... I will just be another "regular" person. "Today is a beautiful day but I can not see it." This statement gives more meaning and it breeds off a different meaning. It reveals to us that the human condition is not very kind unless there is something extravagant about it. Though we are not kind, I think there are many reasons beyond that. What if the passer byers happen to be living a really hard life too? Even if they are not blind, they work hard for their own money and there can be many more reasons too.
Mike German: Mike German's photo tells us that our society is not safe and we just have to live the life that we are in. You see a figure with polished shoes and living the life. He needs to take care of himself. The man on the floor with dirty toes and jeans probably has cancer and is just lying there. Judging from the clothes, he probably is poor too. I guess people just keep walking on because they do not want to contact any disease that the person of the floor may carry. All we want is to live happy and live as long as we can.
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I believe that even though we are born into a certain lifestyle or station, we should strive to expand our view. Rarely one has the chance to see life from an entirely new perspective, and then is truly given the chance to choose what they want in life. Some have this chance and some do not. But if YOU have the ability to step outside of what you know, let not fear or worry hold you back. When you see life through someone else's eyes, you no longer see a beggar, you see someone who has a story, who has a soul.
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