A few nights before Christmas, I went help out an artist friend with a little something that he has going on.
While there, I took some shots of some things. These images are just one small part of what I took–or a small part of the story, if you will. The rest of the shots, which I can not post now, tell the rest of the story. I can’t share it all now because it is ultimately my friend’s story to tell, when he is ready to tell it. It is all part of his artistic vision and I was just there as part of the supporting cast.
I really dig these shots. Shooting at night is hard because you have to turn up your ISO, which in turns adds a lot of “noise”. However, I was able to manage all the “noise” and produced some decent images that I m proud of.
I wanted to post them on my biz FB page but I didn’t because I was afraid of some sort of negative feedback that may hurt my business. Due to the content, I was scared that some people may feel like I was involved in some sort of anti-Christmas Satanic ritual. 🙂 I do agree that they are on the creepy side but they are really cool and bada*** too. They also make perfect sense when you see it with all the “pieces” of the puzzle.
In any case, this all reminded me of how, we, as humans are. We don’t always take the time to put together the whole story before making final decisions on things–especially when it involves people. We will take “pieces of a story” or not even take the time to get the full story before we rush to judge someone and/or make a fair and logical determination about something/someone.
A good example of this is how a lot of people rely to much on “E forms of communication” such as texting, emails, IM’s and the like. Only 7% of communication is actually verbal. Out of the remaining 93%, 55% is non- verbal (body language) and 38% is tone of voice.
So, if all you are doing is texting and IM’ing with someone, you are not getting the non-verbal and tonal cues of the other person. Thus, you are not getting the whole story–so there is a lot of miscommunication and misunderstandings. You cannot get to truly know someone relying solely on texting/emailing/IM’ing.
However, people will meet each other via the internet and solely text, without having any verbal communication. When wires are crossed, they rush to pass judgement on the other person–again, without knowing the whole story or taking the time to have verbal talk before dismissing the person. A lot of potential friendships are ruined this way.
With certain events on the news and incidents with other people, a lot of people also do the same thing.
Doing all of this is not only short- sighted but also very unfair.
As we are going into the New Year, how about we go into it with a broader mind? Let’s find out the entire truth and background on things before jumping to conclusions. Also, try verbally talking to someone instead of only relying on lower forms of communication. Give people a real chance and find out more about who they are and where they are coming from on things. Most often, you will find that there is a complete 180 between what you think and what actually is.
So, let’s all learn how to be more fair to each other. We could be missing out on and/or ruining some beautiful friendships, otherwise.