This is a clear illustration of what a photograph means to different people.

I wanted to post a message for Deepavali on my blog, and decided to try out online editing on Photobucket and I chose a (yes, I admit it) somewhat random photograph for the trial, and since I was running out of time, posted the pic with the message added.

Comments as usual were few, but when I met a friend over the weekend, I asked why s/he had not commented. “Why did you choose THAT photograph?” this person asked.

To this person, the quality of the photograph is more important than the message, so the feeling was that the less-than-desired quality of the photograph did not merit a reciprocal comment.

To me, the documentation of the message (“Happy Deepavali”) is more important than whether the flowers are in focus and crisp and clear and the photo is well-composed.

Different strokes for different folks! Now, when I see no comments, I don’t know if it’s the bad photograph that people are refraining from criticising, or the message itself is not important enough for them to respond to…

Hm. Something to be mulled over!

So meanwhile, here’s a less-than-perfect, but to me, lovely photograph of the very pretty girl who played the part of the heroine of “Choon Hyang”, a Korean musical by 20 children from Theatre Seoul, the review of which I will be putting up on Citizen Matters shortly…. it was a wonderful way to spend a birthday, with friends, watching children from a land far away, dance, and sing, and entertain us…..

A thing (or a human being) of beauty IS a joy forever!

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