Showing posts with label Introspection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Introspection. Show all posts

Monday, April 08, 2013

"They Say That Education Is A Good Option . . ."



The title of this blog post was a line from a movie called "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story".    In that scene, Bruce was apparently a troublemaker while working as a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant.  Through the kindness of his lady boss, he was given what she called an "all-purpose loan".  She also described how he might spend it and some possible scenarios he might end up with.  Like taking the beautiful waitress out on a date and buy her nice things.  Afterwards, he will have a nice time and will remain handsome but in a few years, he will one day wake an old man but still just a lowly dishwasher.  And then she said, "now they say that education is not a bad option . . ."   And he went on to graduate with a degree in Philosophy from the University of Seattle before he became a famous movie star.  

Now . . . Let's assume for a moment that you have extra cash to spend, say enough to buy a new DSLR kit, how would you spend it?  Would you buy that DSLR kit?  I know that's a lot of money to spend on a lot of things.  You could say help someone in need, or give it to charity, or invest it, or maybe travel, or maybe save it for a rainy day.  But this blog is all about photography and lighting so the question is directed towards photographers and photography - only and strictly.  All you goody goodies and moralists can just save it.  With that clarified, I think we can now proceed with the topic.