Robert Sasarman
Dat Vinh Tran
Robert:
"Freedom is something that nowadays can be interpreted in many ways starting from the way we behave, having the option of choice, the freedom of speech or simply the way we travel. If I were to look back at my family, how they grew up, the society they were born in and what options they had, I could say that I’m grateful to have the freedom of choosing my options, the education I want to follow and the person I intend on being.
For this topic, I would like to talk about my own life experience and how I grew up in a society where the term of freedom was only few years ‘old’. Since I was a little boy, my parents used to send me to buy things from the supermarkets, and they were watching from the window how I’m crossing the street, to be sure I return home safely. Moreover, they tried to teach me what it means to be there, alone, and independent, in a world that was new for me, where a lot of situations could happen.
Getting to my youth, having friends, and willing to explore more and more things, I would have to face a barrier of trust and safety towards my parents. I am thankful to them because they trusted me since then, they let me explore what life means, how scary some experiences could be and get ready for a long journey called life. I remember being out with all the kids in the neighborhood, spending day by day playing together and wandering through the streets, being excited that we have the freedom and the trust, and we could explore all day something that we always saw at kids that were older than us. Having this opportunity made me grow up independently, where to achieve goals or have a certain lifestyle, I had to work hard and be integrated into society, where people could be mean or just not treat you equal because of who you are.
Furthermore, I keep seeing more people restraining their children from doing different activities, being afraid that something could happen to them or saying that this are things for ‘grown ups’. This is true in a way, especially that we live in a world where danger could occur anytime, where trusting people is getting questionable and doubtful. I still believe that is very important to educate our children freely, to let them face different situations from a young age and let them build a strong character and mentality in this way.
Through this image I would like to portray this feeling of restraint freedom, where children are curious and willing to explore or discover things, are not allowed to have this experience because of various aspects and fears. While working on this, it remembered me of my childhood, of the exact same feeling of wanting to be out there with all the others, engaging in all kinds of games and adventures."
For this topic, I would like to talk about my own life experience and how I grew up in a society where the term of freedom was only few years ‘old’. Since I was a little boy, my parents used to send me to buy things from the supermarkets, and they were watching from the window how I’m crossing the street, to be sure I return home safely. Moreover, they tried to teach me what it means to be there, alone, and independent, in a world that was new for me, where a lot of situations could happen.
Getting to my youth, having friends, and willing to explore more and more things, I would have to face a barrier of trust and safety towards my parents. I am thankful to them because they trusted me since then, they let me explore what life means, how scary some experiences could be and get ready for a long journey called life. I remember being out with all the kids in the neighborhood, spending day by day playing together and wandering through the streets, being excited that we have the freedom and the trust, and we could explore all day something that we always saw at kids that were older than us. Having this opportunity made me grow up independently, where to achieve goals or have a certain lifestyle, I had to work hard and be integrated into society, where people could be mean or just not treat you equal because of who you are.
Furthermore, I keep seeing more people restraining their children from doing different activities, being afraid that something could happen to them or saying that this are things for ‘grown ups’. This is true in a way, especially that we live in a world where danger could occur anytime, where trusting people is getting questionable and doubtful. I still believe that is very important to educate our children freely, to let them face different situations from a young age and let them build a strong character and mentality in this way.
Through this image I would like to portray this feeling of restraint freedom, where children are curious and willing to explore or discover things, are not allowed to have this experience because of various aspects and fears. While working on this, it remembered me of my childhood, of the exact same feeling of wanting to be out there with all the others, engaging in all kinds of games and adventures."
Dat:
"Freedom is a power that not everybody can handle, and because we have emotional and morality, we humans create rules to help us to control our actions. Moreover, remember that without rules or common sense, people can not live together because we are gonna go crazy with our imagination and desire. We can see that even the aminal have their own rules. Thus, would we never be free? My answer is yes! because of human existence, we would never be free from the rules/regulations, there would be always a restriction. However, this idea does not bother me anymore because I accept the fact and choose to free my mind out of that.
Personally, in the last few months, I traped in negatives thinking without knowing about that, and things around me went out of track. However, around two weeks ago there is a moment which has changed my mind and I would remember that day forever. That was early morning when I just woke up and the sky seems like to about to collapse, it is just terribly beautiful. At that moment, when the time feels like does not exist anymore, there was just my camera, myself, and a song called Deja Vu by Roger Waters was played along, I feel freer than ever.
I realized that to feel free, we should appreciate every single moment that passes our path. Let the positive freely approach us in the first place!!!"
"Freedom is a power that not everybody can handle, and because we have emotional and morality, we humans create rules to help us to control our actions. Moreover, remember that without rules or common sense, people can not live together because we are gonna go crazy with our imagination and desire. We can see that even the aminal have their own rules. Thus, would we never be free? My answer is yes! because of human existence, we would never be free from the rules/regulations, there would be always a restriction. However, this idea does not bother me anymore because I accept the fact and choose to free my mind out of that.
Personally, in the last few months, I traped in negatives thinking without knowing about that, and things around me went out of track. However, around two weeks ago there is a moment which has changed my mind and I would remember that day forever. That was early morning when I just woke up and the sky seems like to about to collapse, it is just terribly beautiful. At that moment, when the time feels like does not exist anymore, there was just my camera, myself, and a song called Deja Vu by Roger Waters was played along, I feel freer than ever.
I realized that to feel free, we should appreciate every single moment that passes our path. Let the positive freely approach us in the first place!!!"