Subjectivity, Part Two: Pictures

From What I've seen in these past blog posts, the only topics covered have been tragedy and great invention. I don't understand what exactly is meant to meant to make a statement or provoke something from these pictures. Sure, they're meant to educate, but I really think that you only need to be given one picture of a war to understand exactly how you feel about it. It's not necessary to elaborate on arguments given in war, at least in my opinion. Therefore, I give to you a picture of something that has changed the way that I think very recently: a simple piece of nature.

There's really not much to describe about this picture. It is but a mere snapshot of a beach, and cannot be perceived as much else. It's the interpretation of the picture that really matters. In the given circumstances, what I think about when looking at this picture (along with all other pictures for this assignment) is why other people can't see beauty in simplicity. I am not saying that others have a wrong standpoint on the topic, I just can't understand it in my head. Just for what's been published, everybody so far has described an important event or war in history. Specifically for me, however, I can't really see much of an emotional impact on historical events, solely on the basis that I wasn't there, and I didn't know what things were like before then. Sure, events like that are important, and require appreciation (or at least notice), but I can't bring myself to be too inspired what other people have done.

I am a firm believer that inspiration should be self-driven, and not given by others. I don't have anybody that I really want to be like except myself. Most of my inspiration comes from attention of things that really don't get observed too often, such as this beach. I see beauty out of simple things such as nature. The fact that I have resources that I can use to my benefit and that I can see myself doing something good is what drives me to work hard and is what provides most of my inspiration. I like looking at simple structures and admiring the beauty that they provide for me. Every time I see a new object or place that I think is beautiful, it changes the way that I think in such a way that I question as to how I didn't notice that earlier.