'What you are is so loud that I cannot hear what you're saying . . . '
It is amusing how we cannot see the wind ; only what it does to things we can see . . . It is wonderful, really- different things respond differently to the same source- it is the rich detailing in nature that makes for such wonderful layering ; and look at us , trying to unify it all !
Every time there is a question about myself that I cannot get around , I look into my blog ; it gives me hints , directions . . . There are things in there I never knew - things that I didn't intend to pen down but did involuntarily ; every time I read it I find something new , something I didn't know about myself - just like every building I see - what we actually see of the things visible to us varies with time . . . It's a part of the 'keep-learning-all-your-life' theory - endless , immeasurable ,and precious . . .
Every time I visit a new city , I take a video along the streets while I travel within the city - I think it's an excellent way of capturing the various sounds , colours , people , language , infrastructure , and fundamental landscape of the city - all in one shot . . . Believe me , they can be shockingly different from one another - I'm documenting the world in a small way - Someday I'm going to sell it for a killer price ! He he . . .
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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I quite like the idea of someone taking videos of the streets in order to capture the sights and sounds of the city. I've never done it before, I probably should try. Any particular dos and dont's for these videos?
every city is famous for something; right from the most visible monument to the most un-noticed fabric that runs through the city- try to capture that. for example, every time i think of pune, i think of a million rivers and a zillion bridges- and so i started the video when we approached a bridge..allepye cannot be detached from its backwaters-mumbai from its flyovers with slums in the background-jaipur from the hills in the background and gusting wind that fills the video-cochin from the unmistakable oily-haired-aunties- simla from the marvellous slopes- ahmedabad from the huge cows on the road-chandigarh from the eerie silence-trivandrum from the mad number of coconut trees....
this can go on and on! im sure there is more than one speciality to a city- lets find our own perspectives!
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