Tag: selfie

Self Portrait

Learning, Poetic
How do you look, Love?
Are you as fierce as tigers?
Or as cute as cats?

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picture from Pinterest

selfie is a modern version of self portrait — we can be the best artist we’ve ever wanted and shown the world the best version of our interpretation of our appearance

I love selfie — it is a freedom to see myself, not always good yet that’s me šŸ’•

i tried to paint a self portrait yet the result is sooo artistic that I can’t recognise my own self šŸ˜ƒ i have a friend who is painting not really nicely but able to capture the character of the subjects — i should practice more ā™„ļø

I think one year is good enough to at least knowing how to capture the character, painting nicely is never my goal

goal: capture the tigerness in my catness and the vice versa ā£ļøšŸ˜Š

Selfie Bin

Learning

While some think selfie as an indication of mental health issues (spectrum of narcissism, unhappy personality, having no friend and so on and so forth), I think it is the best indicator of self acceptance, self confidence, ability to enjoy aloneness, and ability to well capture any possible angles. I also see selfie as another kind of paintersā€™ self portraits.

I believe my opinion is not the right one but I prefer holding it with good will and positive pride. And so my Instagram account is a bin of selfie photos especially when I am in a trip ā€” yet only those I have met physically are welcomed to befriend there. šŸ™šŸ¼

While some selfies are truly liked by my family and friends, some others are criticised mostly because of angles that (they said) make me look not pretty although what they said is never an issue for me. I know that life is not always of best expected (often not) and I truly love the way I have looked over time.

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What makes me love selfie even more is that I can manipulate them using Apps; not changing my face to look beautiful (damn there is no need and possibility for that ā€” I am as beautiful as I am) but using them as canvasses to play colours and light.

getting lost? selfie!

super tired? selfie!

loving the day? selfie!

not always happening but accepting what is is a daily goal to me ā™„ļø selfie!

trapped in a small space yet wanting to capture wide angle šŸ˜‰ selfie!

Weekend Is Coming

Learning, Poetic
Weekend is coming
Completing a full cycle
Between work and rest.

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when she canā€™t find Friday late flight and is in Penang, what can she do but enjoying the slow time ā€” griiin!
itā€™s weekend and workā€™s done ā€” smiiile!
dinner šŸ™ƒ
complimentary ā€” arrgh!
itā€™s the fruit challenge to report today
a friend called ā€œRike, letā€™s go durian party! weā€™ll pick you up at 7ā€ ā€” oh, Penangites! šŸ˜

Selfie

Bob, Learning, This Person

Reading many blogs about selfie, I got caught by a wish to have moreĀ self-portrait photographs. Fun, Fun, Fun!

Historically, I love to be taken picture of and to take pictures. Ā Doing selfie? I have made some even 6 years ago when I needed a pic for office ID badge. Pity I can’t retrieve the pic in my old laptop. Even I made some selfie using self-timerĀ function in my old Nikon earlier than theĀ ID badge pic – developing the selfie was another fun time by then. Anyway, looking beautiful, sweet and casual in front of our own lens is sometimesĀ amazing. Why not appreciating our own beauty rather than waiting for others to acknowledge it – knowing that it would happen once in a blue moon…. šŸ™‚

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This is one of my selfie, with dearest Bob.

But…. I just read one striking source about selfie:Ā AĀ study done in 2013 study of Facebook users found that posting photos of oneself correlates with lower levels of social support from and intimacy with Facebook friends (except for those marked as Close Friends).Ā The lead author of the study suggests that “those who frequently post photographs on Facebook risk damaging real-life relationships.”

Posting intentionally unattractive selfies has also become common in the early 2010sā€”in part for their humor value, but in some cases also to explore issues of body imageĀ or as a reaction against the perceived narcissism or over-sexualization of typical selfies. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfie)

Alamaaaak! Am I some part of the noted symptoms? Not often but more than once I posted my selfie to Facebook and Instagram — not consciously showing my exceeding narcissism or over-sexualization, but honestly I had nobody to ask to take my picture when I was at home just with Bob my dear cat son and when I was somewhere in another part of the globe where not only language but also confidence had become my communication barrier. Anyway, I took selfie and posted them into public…. Hey, not public! Limited friends! And, I only have 60 friends in Facebook. Is that still counted? Look like this person starts to be guilty and afraid of getting blamed on by the result of above research. Ā  šŸ™‚

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My selfie with Masako & her husband

Hmm…. Who cares about the research? I shouldn’t bother myself too much just because a summary of research was included in a Wikipedia page and this page is not scientifically valid as anyone can update any topic. And, I didn’t even fully read the research report.

So, selfie is still one possibility in my life. I’ll probably take picture using my dear iDevicesĀ or baby Nikon somewhere someday with or without somebody with me (non-physical being not expected, please).

Anyway, this is only part of my end-of-day sharing. Many to unload from my brain just to un-stuff unnecessary rubbish inside. Hmmm…. I think selfie can be just part of un-stuffing my humane burden. Ok, latterĀ statement of mine is stronger than any statement from that research result…. šŸ™‚

Oh, dear Selfie…..

If you are interested in reading the result of research, please click: Ā http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/1723/1/2013%2D03_D_Houghton.pdf

Bayan Lepas – November 3, 2014 – 11:41pm