A Journey Of Perception

Thanks all for such a fantastic insight into life through that last post! Most of your answers to the questions proved what a brilliant set of minds I have here in my blog. I was amazed at the wisdom and the depth that many answers carried. When I first came up with those questions, I honestly didn't have any answers myself. I just jotted them down as they popped in my head hoping to answer them later on. So this morning when I sat down to think about my answers, I realised they were pretty difficult questions to answer! Since many of you had the same answers I'd have given too, something in my mind flashed the following image of life...life as a journey...a drive you have in your hands...passing places and faces. So below are my answers based on that snapshot of life my mind gave me. Each answer I give will have the meaning in brackets incase you don't understand what I'm saying. So this is what I see through the lens of life, a journey:


1. What have you got?

The Keys and Warnings (The Will and Instincts)


2. What have you lost?

The Map (The way)


3. What do you see?

A 'Freeway' sign (Freedom of choice)


4. What has been censored?

New directions (Possibilities)


5. What do you hear?

Honking (Ego clashes)


6. What has been silenced?

The brakes (Tolerance)


7. What do you feel?

A bumpy road (Falling and Rising)


8. What is still untouched?

My perception skills (Vision)


9. What have you tasted?

Smooth and heavy trafiic (Love and Hate)


10. What do you abstain from?

Speeding (Rushing into Judgement)


11. What do you speak?

Of the 'places' I pass (Quality in the 'experiences')


12. What do you mute?

The mileage (Quantity of acquisitions)



Now to the Best Photographers Of Life and that's you guys! I have chosen the best answers for each question and also have put your name next to it. Please note the winning answers appear in no particular order. I have put each question and winning answers under 12 separate categories. Well done all you great philosophers of life! You are the BEST.


The Possessions

A reason to live - LaVida

Peace - Cinder Single

Everything and still nothing is really mine - Divkiran

Love - Cinderella
Memories - Coco

An education - Helen

Humor - Tys
Nothing but myself - Priya
The ability to live - Eclipsed Thoughts
Enough - Jay

A beautiful tomorrow - Ria

Energy - Josh
Pride and prejudice - Macadamia Girl

Guts - Kulpreet
Parents and friends - Ankur

Soul and faith - Swati

Sensibility - Just Another Person

Fantastic kids -Beach Bum
Materialistic stuff - Neetha
Hope - Tarun
A life - Sanchit

A blessing in disguise - Princess Mia

My enduring spirit - Samby

A Life on Lease - Badshah

Balls - Jane
Health - AmitL

Presence - Random Ramblings
Work - Aneesh
Some words - Rush.Me
Family and God - Mayz
What I deserve - Ishqia

Positive attitude - Rahul


The Losses
Time - Coco

Half of my soul - Southpaw

Some self belief - Liberal

Some opportunities to be better - Mystique

Focus - Rayshma
Dear ones - Priya

Parts of me - Cinder Single
Love - Rush.Me
Hope - Humbl Devil

Faith and trust - Divkiran

Youth - LaVida
The best years of our lives - Macadamia Girl
My mind - Stygian
Nothing - Iceman
Myself - Chakoli
Purity - Mayz
Friends - Cinderella
Soul - Trance



The Visible
Hope - Coco

Arrogance - Carolina Gal

Everything that others miss - Cazzie

Illusions - Rayshma

A Life with so much to offer - Cinder Single

Future - Ani
A path unknown - Priya

With my eyes closed, a better world - Mystique

A faint hope - Southpaw

A struggle - Diana
A road to prediction - Hemanth

Dreams - Swati

An absence of answers - Paul
Cut throat competiton - Joiedevivre
The Road not taken - SMM
A tinted world - Stygian
A purpose - Iceman

Sadness and loneliness - Josh
Chaos and confusion - Mayz
Obscurity - Gman

A world with adventures - Visithra
A beautiful world - AmitL
A misery filled world - Pinku
Life - Cinderella
Blur - Sanchit
The sea - Boy

A blue sky with white clouds and the Orange ball of fire - Badshah

Fantasy and reality - Vishesh
Selfishness - Shobhna
Silver lining - Rush.Me
Viva forever - Prakhar


The Obscured
Everything that's worth seeing - Chap
Democracy - Priya

Fears - Tys
A woman’s natural rights as a human being - Pinku

Tolerance - Samby

Subjectivity - Helen

Honesty - Just Another Person
Answers to life - Humbl Devil
Freedom of wording the thoughts - Eclipsed Thoughts
Dissent - Jay
My memory - Paul

A form of love being restricted - Arv
Kindness - Tarun

The boundaries I set for myself - Visithra

Liberty - Beach Bum
My very emotions - Neetha
Life - Prakhar
Justice - Meghna

Exposure - Random Ramblings
Protest - Shobhna

The secret of life - Vishesh


The Noises

Inner voice - Comfortably Numb

Accusations - Princess Mia

My soul - Ani
Structured speeches - Liberal
Lies - Coco
Nature singing her own funereal song - Pinku
Nothing - John
Everything - Deepsat
Sound of my heart - Aayushi
Complaints - Tarun

A love in the tunes I hear - Arv
A Laugh track - Paul
Screaming silence - Mayz
Whispers of love - Silvara
Echoes - Cinderella
Questions - Neetha
A bird's sonnet - Jeevan

The distant thunder - Phos
Cries of people - Shobhna

Chaos,reservation,strike - Joiedevivre

Too much criticism and doubt - LaVida
My alter ego - Rush.Me
Sound of the Broken - Trance

The song of silence - Vishesh

The Hushed

Want - Helen
People's rights - Priya

The conscience - Divkiran

The Devil within - Swati
Truth - Humbl Devil
The demand for rights - Eclipsed Thoughts

Logic and solidarity - Comfortably Numb
Shadow of a doubt - Macadamia Girl
Silence - Aayushi

The nagging voice of conscience - Rayshma
We - Chakoli

Nothing is ever silent - Cazzie

A love that was silenced in the past - Arv
Heart beat - Tarun
Hope - Gman
The past - Silvara

The masses - Josh
Compassion - Solitaire
Voices - Cinderella
Questions - Neetha
Feelings - Trance
Me - Sinner
Golden words - Maverick


The Felt
Bounded - Joiedevivre
Hope - John

Friendship - Phos
Numb - Iceman

Restless - Tys

Freedom to fail - Donn
A void - Gman

Everything - Carolina Gal

Disgust at crimes - Ria

Love is the only hope - Mystique

Constant - Helen
Excitement and fear - Ishqia
A kaleidoscope of emotions - Rahul

Scared for the future - Josh
Love - Solitaire

Loneliness - Diana
Happy yet disappointed - Neetha
Undying Nature - Jeevan
Warmth - Maverick
Comfortably numb - Rush.Me
Incomplete - Trance

Contentment - Rayshma

Strength, pride and boobies - Samby

Angry with myself - Anits

The light shines the brightest - Vishesh



The Unswayed
Self worth - Liberal
My soul - Coco

A part of me - Swati

Pride - Ani

Our potential for good - Josh
Unknown delicacies - Priya
Love - Humbl Devil
Beauty - Jay
The sixth sense - Macadamia Girl

My belief in God - Beach Bum

Future - Donn

A certain form of love untouched/unexperienced - Arv
Self confidence - SMM
Virginity - Ankur
Smile - Tarun
Optimism - Mayz
Desire - Silvara
My heart - Solitaire

Religion - Samby
Utopia - Cinderella
Sky - Jeevan

The next 'second' - Random Ramblings
Fate - Meghna

My feelings - Carolina Gal
Humanity - Shobhna

The essence of life,the ending of time,the beginning of the rime - Vishesh


The Tasted

Almost death, then life - Cazzie
Intimidation - Liberal
Everything that makes me "ME" - Eclipsed Thoughts

A heartbreak - Princess Mia
The grapes of wrath - Macadamia Girl
Defeat - Ankur
Rejection - Stygian
The pursuit - Iceman
Sweet and Sour - Tarun
Tears - Mayz
Completeness - Gman
Happiness - Ishqia
Success - Silvara
Failure - Prakhar

Passion - Kulpreet
Freedom - Pinku
The world - Solitaire
Kiss - Cinderella
Loneliness - Neetha
Humiliation - Sanchit
Betrayal - Sinner
The Bitter Pill of Truth - Rush.Me
Poison - Trance
Blood - Meghna

Humanity and mankind - Vishesh

Love - Comfortably Numb


The Evaded
Violence - Coco

Dreams - John

Vices - Aayushi

Advice -Tys

Love - Steve

Lying to self - Samby

Monotony - Mayz
V for Vendetta - Macadamia Girl

Indulging - Helen
Politeness - Stygian

Hate - Kulpreet

A love that needs to be stayed away from - Arv
Confrontation - Jay

People who don't care - Hemanth

Seeking answers to my questions - Princess Mia
Pulling people down - Tarun
Self pity - Gman

Infidelity - Carolina Gal

Complacency and Onions - Donn

Self destruction - Ani

Being judgemental - Rayshma

Memories - Comfortably Numb

Bitching - Diana
Breaking relationships - Ishqia
People - Cinderella

Oil and exercise - The Day Dreamer
Hurting myself and others - Neetha
Self restrain - Meghna
My old self - Rush.Me

Anything that makes me feel less of the person I know I can be - Cinder Single

Liars and backstabbers - Anits


The Spoken

Measured and controlled words - Liberal
Nurturing words - Coco

Love - Ria
Rights - Priya
Everything except diplomacy - Joiedevivre
Caution - Jay

In between lines - Tys

Questions - Helen
The truth - AmitL
Jocularity - Paul
Mind - Cinderella
Sanity - Sanchit

Language of compassion - The Day Dreamer
Silence - Sinner

What I believe - Samby

Optimism - Rayshma
Diplomacy - Shobhna

The heart - Trance

The Speechless
Pain - Coco
My presence - Joiedevivre

Hatred - Ankur

Complaints - Tys

Sentiments - Stygian

Abuse - Aneesh

Emotions - Aayushi

Myself - Southpaw

Self glorification - Tarun

Tears - Silvara

Anger - Rahul

Words - Cinderella

Nonsense - Sanchit

A love that can never be spoken of again - Arv

Revenge - The Day Dreamer

Nothing - Sinner

The line 'I told you so' - Visithra

Muteness - Paul

Helplessness - Shobhna

The past that tries to haunt me - Cinder Single

Negativity - Rayshma

Callings of the heart - Comfortably Numb

What great shots of life there! Thanks for the awesome wisdom guys. Life is perfect as we see it through the lens. Without our many ups and downs, life won't be life. It's not how much you gained from it, it's how much you put into it. It's not how many kilometers you travellled, it's how much you SEE through the journey. And everyone sees it differently and that's why it's imperfectly perfect. It's how we PERCEIVE life that really matters in the end. With all the joys and sorrows, I hope you continue seeing a beautiful life through the lens...engage in life, feel, don't hold back and keep driving!


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