Showing posts with label Toronto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toronto. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Certain Other Somebodies

See this picture of the CN tower? The camera is slightly tilted, so the tower looks like Pisa. My hand moved, resulting in blurry lights. It's quite the imperfect image really.
The lonely CN tower, so perfect and tall and proud and..alone. No matter how many people appreciate its perfection, nobody knows quite how to take a perfect picture. It's cursed with an existence of lonely days and even lonelier nights while its many fans frolick around in its courtyards with their certain other somebodies.

Every now and then, the love of your life goes on a rendezvous with a certain other somebody, completely oblivious to your unconditional love. You sit there smiling, heavy-hearted, not blinking lest the tears slide down your cheek. You must be happy for your love. After all, that is true love isn't it? To selflessly be happy when your love is happy. But what should one do with the jealous pain?

This tower can't help but be immersed in this world where her love switches certain other somebodies and enjoys them all. She feels hurt, and ignored for herself. And she feels happy for him. Crazy dilemmas the universe hands out to lonely perfect towers.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Identity (Hall)


My thesis is in its last stages...I am writing and rewriting every little piece. Stuart Hall and his concept of the Other and identity keep crossing into my daily life....and I can't help but feel a little bit colonial sometimes.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

York

February 2009: York Resumes

Friday, February 13, 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

PEACE

Those who know me personally know that I have been very attached to the peace sign for a very long time. I usually wear one around my neck. So when I set out to protest for Palestine, I asked my best friend, A, what I should make on my sign. He didn't pause for a moment...and said...the Peace Sign.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Toronto Protest Against the Israeli Occupation of Gaza

These men are heroes to me.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Elie Wiesel

Toronto Protest Against Occupation of Gaza

In the last frame, the woman is bending down to kiss her son, a toddler who had spent the last hour holding up a protest sign during a cold alert in Toronto.