Ever thought about what is the significance of what you see outside yor car window? Or bus, taxi, van or from what you see while sitting in a richshaw as a matter of fact? Gazing absently outside your car window while it slows down on a heavy traffic on maybe waits on a traffic signal? You may have enjoyed the view outside in various conditions; while cocooned in an air conditioned car, or maybe enveloped in the afternoon heat on your way back to your home after school in a packed van/bus, while standing or if your lucky, sitting on a dusty public bus? What you gaze absently outside your window can be the world you belong in, world in which you want to belong or the world that may repulse you and so on. You may even pity on some things you see outside.
These several perspectives are towards a single globe where we live with different cultures, religion, social idea's. Everyday you see on your way to your destination a fusion of different lives, with different aims, objectives, social classes, and beliefs. This may be the moment when you absorb your surrounding like a sponge and get more familiar with the world This empty moment when you have no topic for conversation and your mind is empty of thoughts, I believe you can actually learn from what you see outside the window. I want to explore till what extent can I learn? Will it help to straighten out my goals if i look at people going about their business? I may be someone jobless or someone totally idle to write mindlessly about every nook and cranny about what I see and feel about the things outside my car window. Actually I am both and neither at the moment. I am a student and right now my vacations are going on but trust me, the ability i possess sleep, eat and lie around whole day without getting bored can keep me occupied for more than two months. That lazy I am. but I felt that like this I was rotting away uselessly with no aim, no plans for future. You see I always daydreamed about doing something out of the box and being someone. However I made several plan, none of them worked for me as I couldn't make up my mind yet. So here I am trying to force myself to think and write at least something I can share besides the movies, songs and the hanging out I do with friends.
So yeah this is my introductory post. I will soon think of something smart and intellectual and write down my honest observation at the same time. Or maybe just blurt out whatever pops in my head. Fussing around with words can kill the buzz of expressing yourself.
Smart and intellectual? This re-defines all the conventional wisdom I've been thriving on. You treat a simple car window as a significant looking glass, bringing in different dimensions of thought and observation. First of all let me applaud the treatment of such a mere object as telescope-showing a world revolving unnoticed. The window, despite its binding frame helps to observe the world from a more broader perspective, leading to a bombardment of matters usually left unattended by the self-absorbed human mind. Beautifully written I must say! Well done!
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