Vida
“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions,
that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. -Alan Watts
The presence is a present. This day must have be the best ever.
And still, somehow, the best yet to come.
The Art of Life. The perfect combination of time and space.
It’s the sun rising in Tokyo while setting on New York. It’s organic imagery, as nature intended.
Lucky to have captured these memories, but even luckier for the experiences fully enjoyed without any camera at all.
We are the universe experiencing itself.
We worry for things that never happen, and dig up the past.
Why worry at all when you can go on a hike, swim in the sea, or watch a sunset?
The gratitude, of now. The preciousness of each moment is uncovered in time.
Choose only positive outcomes. What you seek you shall find.
As we hope, in action, another incredible thing appears right before our eyes.
Depictions of life, records of history.
Artificial intelligence poisoning the well of truth, light, and purity.
Our society is constantly questioning what is real. Our masters guide our beliefs, our beliefs govern our decisions. The true rebellion is to live free, and live your dreams.
Vida, is organic life, captured. Everything happening at once, little miracles all around us.
A variety of realities, all possible, all actual, all completely different, all invoking different emotions and thought pathways subjective to each viewer.
If the world was so beautiful, but there was no one here to talk about it, write about it, or play in it, would it even matter?
Silversteins’ Vida is Elevated Street Photography. Life in frames. Searching for the beauty of what will happen next. Living somewhere in between now and then. Losing expectation, moving with the wind. Learning more about life with each shutter click.
The uncertainty of how the present will unfold intrigues us. The excitement of the unknown propels us forward.
This record of time, like its viewer, has a finite amount of tomorrows.
Someday we will all look back and wish this how the world still was, wondering where we went wrong.
Every beautiful moment and memory, experienced by everyone that has ever lived, is just waiting to be lost forever to time. Just like these photos, one day forever lost and forgotten.
A ladybug is now crawling on my computer screen as I write this. Maybe that means good luck for everyone reading. It’s still hanging out on the edge of my screen, you imagine it as you read.
The ladybug lives again. Just like these moments.
Vida is the intersection of probability and chance in this small sliver of time.
A simple hello can lead to a million things.
Say hello to now and begin to live. This, is the art of living.
Phillip Silverstein