Picture

A picture is worth a thousand words. Isn't it fascinating that a single picture could tell so many stories. There could be numerous interpretations from just looking at a picture. This picture for instance could be interpreted in two obvious ways.

First it could mean that, Bush is the worst disaster to hit the US. Hahahah. The appointment of George Bush as the President of The U.S is the biggest disaster to the USA. Hahaha. Yes, I repeated the sentence because I just find it hilarious. Bravo to Sky News for such excellent TV. Hahaha.

Second, it could mean that Bush says whatever the thing he's talking about is the worst disaster to hit the US. Hahaha. I'm not an American citizen so I don't really know anything about George Bush but I prefer my first interpretation of the picture. Hahaha.

Now here comes the bad part of the phrase "A picture is worth a thousand words". Interpretations could be taken positively and negatively. What if you were George Bush in this sense? You would be livid i presume. There's another saying from a certain John McCarthy. "As the Chinese say, 1001 words is worth more than a picture". I actually agree with this statement. I think that words are more powerful than just a single picture. Yes, it is a wonderful thought that a picture could widen your imagination and figure intricate meanings only known to your mind. But it would be nice to be spoon fed the information once in awhile. You don't have to go and crack your brain trying to figure out what the hell that particular picture means.

On the other hand though, when you finally get the right interpretation of that picture (or maybe just right in your mind), you'll feel a sense of joy, freedom, happiness. Hahaha. It's like solving a really hard Calculus question by yourself. You have a degree of understanding of that object. Like this van Gogh picture. I didn't know what it meant but after reading this persons take on the picture, I was sold.

Have you ever seen a real night sky that looked like van Gogh's Starry Night? I hope not! So why would an artist paint the sky this way? Perhaps I can answer that with another question. When you're happy, why do you sing instead of speak? Or when you're in love, why do you speak of roses and honey? When we do these things, we, too are artists; we're using something that goes beyond a mere clinical, scientific description in order to communicate our feelings more powerfully than straightforward words can. So consider for a moment that van Gogh might not have been hallucinating on the night he painted this. Maybe he felt something so powerful that he had to go beyond the familiar to express it.

-Jeff Dugan-

Two really different views on the stance of a picture. And i agree with both views. "A picture is worth a thousand words" and "As the Chinese say, 1001 words is worth more than a picture". Both proverbs could be applied depending on the situation. Hahah. I'm just a confused person. I don't know which view to agree on. I guess its okay to just sit on the fence. Hahaha.

P.S. All Bush fans, chill okay. I'm just writing a pointless blog entry. Don't go coming around to Malaysia and trying to find me and kick my arse because its only a joke. Hahahah.