I happened to walk into a back lane in Chinatown. Decided to snap a picture, and that was that. Then I posted the picture (enhanced it with the iPhone software) to Facebook. The below was brilliantly deconstructed by my Facebook friend, Victor Ong (https://www.facebook.com/Vicronwe). I wish I was smart enough to write the below, but credit goes to Victor:
"On the left you see the dirt, pale and dark structure of buildings that has aged - a telling of the years it has withstood in time. On instinct it portrays a sign of decay and death. On the right are colourfully bright structures of buildings that has possibly been refurbished and repainted - suggesting the adaptation and growth even after a long time. It could portray the sign of life and change.
However, even with the differences apparent, the middle pathway is decorated with various sorts of bikes, hawker dining areas and shelters, and the colours of these items are scattered randomly along as far as your eyes can see leaning to either sides. Some of the bike seems moderately new, some old especially the one on the left.
To me this brings about the harmony of all things between what we see on the left and right, and that even in the midst of the contrasting differences, the life and movement at the very core is actually made up of those very differences on a same level - they are all along the same path.
Just look at the seemingly lucky perfect composition of the number of objects leaning to either side. The dull left is actually getting more decorations than the colourful right, which creates a nice balance don't you think?
At the very end background you can see the typical HDB flat in Singapore. To me it paints the base level of today's average society.
The scene we see infront of us now plays a significant glimpse about the features of society in Singapore, about the unchanging, as well as the changed, but living together in histories of past and present through small beautiful details.
As a result, this photo actually tells a small little story to me when you start imagining about the lives of the people who have been here! :D"
Thanks, Victor.
*bow*
Reference:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150640126929280&set=a.10150620308804280.401132.500179279&type=1&ref=nf
