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2012年12月28日 星期五

Practices, Practices and Practices (練習,練習,練習)

Fellow blogger 島耕作 says that practice makes perfect. Perhaps but not really. To me, perfection is an impossible ideal. It is always there, luring one to do better. Perhaps Zeno is right, even if you were to move forward forever by a half, a quarter, an eighth, a sixteenth of the distance between where you are and your final destination, there'll always be that space further ahead which you'll never quite succeed in bridging, in closing and in reaching, ad infinitum. I remember that as a child, I was always wondering whilst walking under the moon, why it was that no matter how many steps I took, somehow, the moon would still be ahead of me. Maybe, it's a bit that like that with whatever it is that we are trying to do. One will never arrive. But still, without that dream, without that hope, no matter how illusory, one will probably stay put . One will rot in that lethargy, that fatal inertia in which one will eventually drown. And then one will have no one to blame except himself for failing to move. Perhaps we are all like Sisyphus, condemned by the gods to a life of endless toil. Still, movement seems a process which is of endless fascination to me. Perhaps movement is the very pulse of life itself. I like to feel that pulse. I don't care where it may lead me to. Enough of reflection. Time for action and for practice, despite the certainty of my knowledge of the impossibility of finally arriving.




Look at the abundance of life, its unceasing effort to grow, to develop, to strive towards its destiny and in the process, the richness of colors and forms it produces.



While the leaves of one tree is turning pink, the other is flowering



A tiny daisy




yet how proud, how erect and how fearlessly it stands !



No matter how many times I photographed the hibiscus, I can't refrain from doing it again.



This one seems to hold such hope



Here's one about to open out



And here's another



A cluster of bauhinia in full bloom



It has such alluring stamens, like a fully grown woman not at all shy about displaying her charms



Here's one



Here's another



These two don't want to be left out either, sticking their heads out under the leaves



See how confidently she sticks out her petals amongst the leaves



How joyful this one looks



And this one



A petal trapped by the arms of grass during its fall but its charm undiminished.



There are other tiny flowers too



They are all lined up to open, one group after another



And this solitary "lone ranger" amongst the other blue flowers



I also found this tiny nameless flower whilst photographing the blue ones.



Nearby and of the same color is this much bigger morning glory



This looks so like the flower of a melon



I caught this lovely puppy sleeping on a park bench looking so forlorn. What is she thinking about? or who? Her boy friend?

8 則留言:

  1. 域 流亦詩 Louis Rick2012年12月28日 下午3:54

    謝謝分享。預祝你新年愉快!
    [版主回覆12/28/2012 22:52:11]Thank you. You have another satisfying year ahead of you too !

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  2. Who cares if practice makes perfect - it's the process that matters not the result! Your shots are looking better and better!
    [版主回覆12/28/2012 22:54:50]Yes, one must strive and strive to do better, whether one succeeds or not. Thanks for your encouragement.

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  3. Practice makes perfect, pastery makes bakery.
    [版主回覆12/28/2012 22:59:38]and lack of practice makes the photos patchy !

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  4. 大紅花拍得很漂亮,見過黃色的沒有?很好看的。
    [版主回覆12/28/2012 23:00:39]Thanks. Yeah, but that is rare !

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  5. Lethargy is the biggest luxury in life which brings nothing but eternal despair. Better let your camera breakdown though overuse than having it unused and get rusty. I am glad that you are doing your camera ample justice!
    [版主回覆12/29/2012 15:21:07]Lethargy brings much needed rest too ! But I agree that it's better to abuse my camera than to let the fungi abuse it. My camera is seldom idle !

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  6. 末尾五至七張紫色小花不很常見,但很清麗!
    [版主回覆12/29/2012 15:22:14]Yes, you often find little known little flowers when you try to take snapshots of the more familiar ones. The little flowers can be quite pretty in their humble ways.

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  7. 越來越得心應手, 從來花心最誘人.
    [版主回覆12/31/2012 07:32:16]Thank you. It takes lots and lots of practice but still got a long long way to go.

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  8. You seem trying to demonstrate that "Practice makes perfect." is possible.
    I beg the little doggie thinks I don't need any practice to get enough attention.
    [版主回覆01/01/2013 08:19:59]Agree with your second but not your first comment.

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