Lights

April 17, 2007

  

 

Aurora at the Mall of Asia

 

I look out of the train window and find the world condensed into a few dots of moving lights. The cars, jeeps, buses and trucks below wearily inch their way towards their destination, and they bring their lights with them until they fade away into the distance, replaced by new lights.

 

Something about city lights attracts me like a moth to a gasoline lamp. They are brilliant and twinkling like stars, only nearer, and I am drawn, awed. Imagine how civilization used to consist of scattered fires over windswept plains, and the gods would peer over the world and see Man as the small and dirty animals we are. But now we’re small and dirty animals with concrete cities and magnificent lights to cover our smallness and filth. The gods may have withdrawn to their smoking rooms a little less smug.

 

I think about all this as I stare out, hypnotized. The background hum of the people swaying in the train dies out, the smell of dried sweat blown around by the jacked up air-conditioning ceases to bother me.


Posted by lizette at 9:05 am | permalink

Previous Comments

Fascinating image and imagery, painted with such eloquence! I’m not so sure the gods have only withdrawn less smug, but probably also dismayed at the mess we’ve made.

Posted by Angelo at April 17, 2007, 11:27 am

thanks! i would agree with them being dismayed. we’re not very successful yet, are we? and i’ve linked you already.

Posted by lizette at April 17, 2007, 11:58 am

hey! thanks for dropping by my blog and for your wonderful comment. thanks! it makes me feel good reading those kinds of comments.

it’s my first time here. btw, nice pic! :)

Posted by Rowjie at April 17, 2007, 1:27 pm

me too, they always seem to mesmerize me, oh well maybe because I’m not used to see city lights

anyway, can I link you? You have a unique way of writing, I like it:)

Posted by cat at April 17, 2007, 3:29 pm

sure cat! i’ll link you too. ;p

rowjie! anytime. thanks so much for the comment. will be coming back to your blog!

Posted by lizette at April 17, 2007, 4:02 pm

Nice photo. Took it yourself? At what exposure settings?

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Posted by Dominique at April 17, 2007, 4:30 pm

hello thanks for dropping by my blog..

you have nice thoughts… tc

Posted by tina at April 17, 2007, 5:22 pm

hello. nosebleed ako sa post eh.

link ex tayo. o ayan ah. bumisita na ako sau. hehe

Posted by padre salvi at April 17, 2007, 5:50 pm

dominique: i just shook the camere like mad.

tina: i’ve linked you. please do visit again.

padre salvi: sure, i’ve linked you too now!

Posted by lizette at April 18, 2007, 9:53 am