Jo'burg City Centre
The truth. These are pictures of the same place. Taken within the same minute. Yet they show different elements of the Johannesburg landscape. Which one represents the true Johannesburg? That would be the second picture for me. No one and Nothing is completely beautiful and organised. We are all a little of everything. And so, it is more realistic to have less pretty elements to your composition. The funny thing is that the "less pretty" elements have not diluted the beauty of the second picture. It makes the second picture more believable.
Why is that so easy to be seen when spoken about in theory? Why can't we apply that to ourselves? Why do we struggle to accept the True Khensani and instead try our hardest to be and to show the world the Bearable Khensani. As much as the people who you love should be told the truth to validate their worth; you should know the true you because you are worth that much atleast. Do you not trust yourself enough to show yourself the tiniest shred of your being? Why do you hate the whole you?
It's the truth. It's ugly sometimes, overwhelming the next few times and perhaps fulfilling the last few times.
And then you see the whole picture, and then you understand the full scope of Johannesburg, and then you love the real you (the whole you).
When you are in a relationship ( friendship and all the rest) , you expect to get to know the whole person. That can only happen if said person doesn't lie to you. We are permanently in a relationship with ourselves, tell Yourself the truth about yourself. The Truth in its Purest Form is the truth told to oneself. Once you feel yourself worthy of knowing the whole you, will you be able to show others the whole you. Then it gets into a rhythm of truth between you and another person.
And hopefully a song will come out of that. Or an album if you are lucky. A musical career if you are blessed.
Khensani
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Hi Khensi,
ReplyDeleteyou're a philo-sopher, a lover of truth/wisdom. And lovers of truth constantly seek le même, n'est ce pas? That is encouraging. Even more so in a world seemingly taken over by the norms of business and economic thinking.
I think truth has many faces and forms. What is true for me must not be true for you. And we might find out that both are true or right. Your two photographs go to show: How we see things depends on where we stand, literally and figuratively. Ergo, for me, the concept of an absolute truth is not viable.
Greetings from Egoli to Cape Town or //Hui !Gaeb as it is now called (Khoisan for: "where the clouds gather")
Sizwe