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Why We Do What We Do?

 Before you start wondering if this is a photography blog or some philosophical one, let me just save you the time and tell you that this, indeed, is a photography blog. It's been a minute since I last wrote a blog. Too consumed, too lazy, too out of things to write, or at least, that's what I thought. But, I have tons to write about. Turns out I was just lazy. What makes us do or not do anything? What makes us wake up in the morning? Why did I start writing this blog that I had saved in drafts for over a year?

The thought of doing something usually fills our head with a good feeling or a bad feeling. But the world as we know is not made of "Good or bad". It's normally the in-between. The world is filled with averages. "Average people are the most special people in the world. And that's why God made so many of them" -Michael Scott's Mom -Michael Scott [The Office].

I may leave you with more questions than answers by the end of this blog. I'm not even sure if people read blogs anymore. But for the writer in me, and for a couple of readers out there, I am writing.

 But, again, what should I write? I scroll through my Gallery, and there are no new images. But the images I do have make me happy and grateful. It's true that you find some new things after you lose something, though it may not always be instant.

Let's talk about photography! You know, for the sake of Blog Title. The one "Genre" of photography that I have always found it difficult is "Human Portraits". No matter what I read, or how many good portrait images I see, I can never pull it off. And the same goes for "Product Photography", "Architecture Photography", "Food Photography", etc., you get the idea. But ask me to stand still for an hour or two just following that 1 cm long spider I will do it with a big smile.

I was never able to understand the reason. But, I think it is because I have always been fascinated by nature and its wonders. Photography just provided me a means with which I can express it. The same cannot be said for my feelings towards humans.

Monkey fascinated by the reflection. [Canon 1500D. 1/160. ISO400]
Sometimes I feel like this monkey trying to fit in this human world. To answer the question in Title, I am not quite sure. We are the result of our DNA, our environment, and above all, our own free will. This alone sets us apart from the monkeys. We are not just controlled by our ancestors.

I can go on and on and on, but let's finish here. Maybe I'll pick it up from here some other day. Hope you had a blast reading this. Please let me know if any changes are required. Also, share it with your friends if you liked it. Thank you!
 

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  1. Shujauddin Khan 😁August 31, 2022 at 8:47 PM

    Lazy ass.. u started again.. cool.. keep writing.. ur good.. GMF

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