miércoles, 25 de junio de 2008

CHILE, LAND OF CONTRAST

This is my beloved Chile. With its virtues and faults. I'm very certain there are things that happen all over the world and not only here. But it happens that this is where I live, and chilean issues are of my concern. I've heard and read several times this sentence "Chile, land of contrast". Most of all when it's about pictures.
Alejandro, my husband, knows a very good fotographer who uses this sentences every year for a calendar he does. I know it because he gave him the calendar each Christmas. But I think it also suits in our daily living. If I see the news I can realized we live in a never ending yes and no, in and out, the famous-and very "IN"-"double standard". But in a very common situation I see it when I take a bus and there's a clear sign above a seat that says that seat it's reserved for pregnant, handicapped or old people, nevertheless there's a teenager, no more than 15 sittin on it listening music and pretending to see none of these 3 kind of people. Any other example? the next picture was taken by Alejandro in the underground. Use the handles...THE HANDLES. Have you ever seen this "Find Wally" famous game? This picture brought it to my mind.