Saturday, November 14, 2015

The Hidden Picture

This was something I thought of when I saw the KDrama, "She was Beautiful" and they were talking about Renoir's Dance in the Country (look for the hidden character here.)

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the peeping girl

the blue sky

the distant mountain 

the silent person 

the still whisper

the image you pass by but rarely see


in front of you 


but you don’t register 


someone who acts like a secondary character


in her own story


how unfortunate


when she has so much to give


maybe she’s waiting? 


waiting for someone to see her


behind the curtains


someone to ask her 


to join the dance 


or


maybe 


she decides,


"if he doesn’t see me 

maybe

I should let myself be seen

and if he still doesn’t see

I know 

someone 

somewhere

will...

or will they?"


***

We all desire to be wholly seen, to be fully known, and to be deeply loved. 

To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us. - Timothy Keller 

Thursday, July 2, 2015

The Other Building

 

(Backdated post just to put in a proper timeline, actual posting date is June 6, 2021.)

View from my desk in the lab
The other building with its fire exit staircases

(Internship in Yang Ming Shan University)