Since smartphones have become integral parts of our lives most of us have got into the habit of capturing every moment on camera. Even people who go to watch stage shows, concerts, or movies try to take pictures of the show or theater to capture those moments with their cameras. I was trying to do the same while watching a beautiful sunset, the place is immaterial as we give too much importance to places, but it was a beautiful sunset. While clicking pictures I realized that nature doesn't try to keep anything permanent, this beautiful sunset will last for a few minutes and will fade away permanently and there will be again something equally stunning tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. It is we, humans who try to fix things and define beauty by those fixed standards, nature doesn't care, every day it creates something new, and every moment it erases something permanently. Nature doesn't have a Monalisa portrait because it doesn't need it, it can create a new beauty every day, every moment. What we see today didn't exist a few thousand years ago and what will exist after thousand years we can't see today. Human fetish for permanency has created so much chaos that we try to memorialize every moment of our lives as if there won't be another equally wonderful moment. One can understand capturing a few special moments like both, weddings, funerals, and a few more, but we try to capture our lunches, dinners, and even breakfasts. Even after knowing that we should be enjoying the present moment to the fullest, we get busy creating memories for the future while that magical moment is happening right in front of us. Photos and videos are nice, but they are not a substitute for enjoying the present moment. Enjoy many and capture few, capture first and enjoy letter rarely works, just check how many photos and videos that you recorded by spending countless hours you rewatched.
Please take a pause and enjoy the surroundings, look at it without the camera lens and try to capture it in your mind, smell the air and feel light, experience the atmosphere, and feel the warmth of love and joy of having people around you.
Thank you for reading and please share your views on this topic.
©Vinay Thakur, Vinay can be reached at thevinay2022@gmail.com
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