A Glass of Sprite- it's all a matter of perspective!

One man's meat is another's poison- it's all a matter of perspective. While that jumble of lines and random brush strokes may be 'contemporary modern art' for some, for others it will remain a jumble of lines and random brush strokes- an attempt by the artist to con them. So if you do look forward to thanksgiving each year, try looking at it from a turkey's point of view too.

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When I shot this image a while ago, people asked me, "Errr…what is it?"

"A glass of Sprite, " I replied, eagerly waiting for an appreciative response.

"Ummm…it doesn't look it. Why did you shoot it this way?"

Well, I didn't have much to say to that because I believe it is possible for a hundred different people to find a hundred different ways of looking at the same thing. Art, music, literature- these are just a few examples that prove it. How many great masters have painted, composed or written about love or nature? Yet each painting, each composition and each piece of writing seems so unique- each one making us look at an entirely new aspect of the subject.

For me, perspective is a rather complex topic. Because a man is, the way he looks at things. Be it an optimistic, broadminded outlook, or a not so optimistic, perhaps a limited one. Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder after all! A person's way of looking at things probably explains why some of us overcome the hurdles that life throws at us, while the rest of us succumb to them. Or why one man is more creative or successful than another- it is probably his ability to visualise things differently. But here again, I'd like to contradict myself- no man is more creative than another- its only our perception that he is.

Very often, in class, we're told- 'Perspective is a vast, complex topic; it takes years to completely understand and master it'- Of course, we were being told about perspective in the context of art, but nevertheless, it can be applied to our perspective on life, and people too…then again- this is just my perspective ;-)