Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Phases of Life


Life - When you are 15 years old


Life - When you are 40+ years old

14 comments:

saranyan r said...

Oh I missed some of your posts.

Please convey my belated birthday wishes to Adithi. Hope she had a great day.

Me said...

Did you take these photos in US?

saranyan r said...

but did you notice one thing, in both phases, the flower is fresh :)

aaha enna oru sindhanai :)

Kay said...

puthiya thathuvam pathayirathi iruvathi moonu....

great photos but why did the poo reduce in size does that mean something ??? ;)

Adaengappa !! said...

தத்துவம் தத்துவம் உண்மை...

Guess..Experience speaks for Narayanan Sir..Life is like that!!
Take it easy..

Kay said...

I can think of a dialogue from a vivek comedy....

Poo telling :
" Eppadi iruntha naan ippadi Aayiten"

PVS said...

--both the flowers are fresh
--the second flower is smaller in size

how many different interpretations!!

wonderful photos and wonderful comments!!

Narayanan Venkitu said...

OK folks, Thanks for all your comments. I am sure these pictures kindled your flame.
It surely did for me.

My thoughts:

1. Yes, Experience speaks. I am now in that age range.

2. Both are fresh flowers. Taken on a December morning at Perungalathur Madras, India, in our garden. Camera used Olympus C-2100UZ ( Great camera in my opinion though only 2.1 MP, 10x Optical with IS.

3. My interpretation:
a. at 15 you are colourful cheerful..all muscular..all set for life and look impressive.
b. at 40 plus still some cheer..look good but become a little smaller ( Unless on Steroids)..caught in all kinds of webs in life..not knowing how to get out...!! In my case ..I've become a CDLA....( Confused Desi living in America ..!)

Narayanan Venkitu said...

Forgot to add one thing:

At 40, you have company too...in the same boat..!! Look at the mosquito...!

PVS said...

nice interpretations. What I felt was,

"The second flower is also fresh since it is happy to be caught in the web of family life!!"

Adaengappa !! said...

I remembered reading similar picture interpretations in Psychology..Different views indeed reflecting various mindset..

Anyways..Thats a great post Sir!!

Narayanan Venkitu said...

PVS - Do you think so.? For me..sometimes it is...many times not so..!!

Adaeyengappa - Thanks for your opinion. I liked the interpretations as well.

Twin-Gemini said...

Whoa! Beautiful pictures and excellent interpretation. Dont know about the 40+ part, so cant comment on that. :-)

Narayanan Venkitu said...

TGemini - Thank you. You'll get there my friend..!! Good Luck.!