Perspective

One day. One park. A picnic. Two malls. A missing Identity. A recovered card. Two armed security guards. The Parliament. And too many sandwiches. - all the ingredients required for a heckuva interesting day. A day which led me to conclude that the job of a fashion designer is to create clothing that everyone 'oohs' and 'ahhs' over but no one would buy.

It's interesting though, the way one might look upon the same object with two different eyes; for example, as previously mentioned, a designer dress:

This dress is designed by a world reknown designer who shall remain unnamed here. This designer has received numerous accolades and is hailed as being among the best in the world. Critics and ordinary mortals alike would view this dress being paraded on a runway and use words like 'stunning', 'captivating' and 'original' to describe it. However, these same people, if they were female, would probably not in a million years want to be caught wearing something like that in public (or even in private); and if they are male, probably would not buy a creation like that for their partners (which would, for once, probably be an entirely right decision by a man who is shopping for a woman). They would say things like "Piffle! Four hundred pounds? That money would be better spent on scuba gear for dolphins!"

Notwithstanding, take a look at this picture:

Where some people might see four geese walking on grass, others may just see a flock of birds making their way around on foot. Quite interesting really, the flexibility that perspective gives us. One person may look upon one thing and interpret it in two entirely different ways, put it in context, and select the interpretation which most suits them. Then, in an entirely different yet eerily identical manner, two people may look upon a single thing and interpret it according to their own individual preferences, then they will both compare notes and compromise their individual views to formulate an understanding which is completely irrelevant in regards to the object of their discussion.

It should therefore be noted that nothing is ever what it appears to be: instead, when you perceive something, anything, think of the most irrelevant, complete opposite of that thing - that is what it is. Really.