The thorns we all have and we all need!!

I am Posting a picture on this blog after a long long time. This one is simar's click from somewhere near the meteor crater in USA. A nice macro of a cactus. Thorns build up a nice illusionary pattern. I hope Simar gets more time to use his time capture machine.

Since this entire blog is about metaphors, I compare these thorns with "the much needed anger". A lot of people say we do not need to be angry. Anger diminishes common sense and overshadows intelligence. However destructive anger is, I believe sometimes it is something we all need because we were ALL born with it (anger is not a vestigial feeling).



The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough.
~Bede Jarrett

The Beetle

Its almost an year since I took this photograph. It was this time last year that I started using my camera. This is one of the first few photographs that I clicked. This is a beetle seen at this time around in the verdant meadows of Punjab. A beautiful place to capture insects ranging from beetles to fireflies.

Break your boundaries...

Many spiritual teachers have suggested that our egos don’t disappear so much as they become large enough to hold more than just our small sense of self—the boundary of self widens to contain people and beings other than just "me."
DailyOM Quotes

(BTW This is an onion inflorescence!!!)

In Pursuit of Singularity

"At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvellously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time."
~ Friedrich Nietzsche

The Love Within

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection." ~~Buddha

Perspective

Advice to children crossing the street: damn the lights. Watch the cars. The lights ain't never killed nobody. ~Moms Mabley


There are endless ways of looking a things differently. Both problems and solutions are viewed disparately by different people. Its just a matter of PERSPECTIVE. I and Simar(My Twin Borther ~ A.K.A The Clone) learned this new way of looking at pictures with a different perspective.

Refulgent colors of nature

The resplendent color of the flower caught my eye. This is first time I realized that it has been ages since in last saw a natural color. I cant ever remember the last time I saw such a bright colored flower. Looks like a star with dark purple center and light purple wings.

The Hills of Pavagarh

This is what Pavagarh looks like in the morning. Its situated in erstwhile princely state of Champaner. Amazing forts and mosques. Especially the strategic placement of forts. Would love to have a home nearby with hills in the background!!!

"RARE" VIEW MIRROR

"Oh Mirror, Mirror, on the bike. Who is the inane person in your sight. Master, Oh Master, its the person who drives around in the day with a light." Perhaps this rare view mirror designed to capture rare spectacles caught a very hackneyed sight.

THE UBIQUITOUS FIBONACCI SPIRAL

This amazing design of nature otherwise known as the FIBONACCI SPIRAL can be seen in floral patterns to the shape of the spiral galaxy. Human fingerprints, nautilus shell and pine cones are embedded with the same design. I found one in my backyard. Have you found yours?

A Faint ray of Hope

Unwarranted destruction of "inferior life" on earth by humans have led to a catastrophic period. Even a faint ray of hope is revered as an augur of natural prosperity which earlier didn't hold such a lofted rank.

The Golden Ratio

Nature's immaculate design.

Blaze of Life

Blaze of life at Lohri. A very good picture with intentional distortion... Iso 100... warmth is captured along with fire...

"Sweet and Spicy" Memories of Vidyanagar

A Super macro memory of Dahi Wada at Maharaj's. Sometimes we need to take a closer look at things that don't seem so important.

For Real Life Heroes

In memory of all those who laid down their lives to protect this great nation. 26/11 will never be forgotten. We are indebted to all who rose from common men and women to bravest Heroes of our nation. Your gallant efforts will not be wasted. We Salute You and Your Courage.

Locks and Keys...

If there is a lock there has to be a key to open it. Every question in life has an answer. Its just about finding the right key.

A visitor from the Pacific ocean

An albatross from the pacific ocean. Captured by Navjot in San Diego, California. Amazing picture with all the glow and ambiance intact. Did you know these feathered giants have the longest wingspan of any bird—up to 11 feet (3.4 meters)!

Light of Life

I clicked this one at a Gurudwara near my house during diwali when everyone comes to this place of worship and light these lamps to celebrate everything GOOD in life. This symbol of fire has for so long helped humans in times of dark and evil. This shot was clicked in Macro mode and I just love these novel "Diyas" as they are called in Hindi. I hope this light of good prevails everywhere on this planet.

What the GODS have to say

Immense love, bowls of hard work,
Brain with world best sulci and gyri;
And handfuls of courage in them,
And now I believe its all done as I plot this in my diary.

I gave them breath so the earthians may ‘breathe’,
I gifted them with love so that the species can feel;
I carved an evergreen smile on each one of them,
And then sent them down there in ‘my-made’ cavern.


Eos laughs when she sees what Zeus invents for the earth,
But I do never fear,
The seven will surely turn the blue planet green,
With ‘fight extinction’ and all cheers.

They have power from their ancestors,
Greatest and worthiest were they all;
Even if the seven have 1% of the inherited might,
They will surely reach immeasurable heights.

“Night dreams often come true”, I have heard my elders say,
If so, then last Sunday had all the above to convey!
And when I had then peeped out of my window,
My eyes marked a dropping star on its way.


- Harjot Pabla
[18-04-2009]