What’s changed?
Don’t think I’ve imagined myself rearing fishes at home before. I hate the fishy smell, and I don’t like "mundane" affairs like changing water, cleaning the tank every 2 weeks etc. Keeping such pets at home can be quite involving. And I don’t think I’m a patient man, as was pointed out by W recently, towards certain things.
I have to admit that I start to appreciate nature a lot more than I used to when I was young. What’s changed? Physically everything looks like before. Fish still looks like fish and dog still has four legs. Why would I spend more time looking at a fish, at a plant these days? Could it be because I’ve too much time, more than before? Don’t think so. Even if I have plenty of time to kill back then, I don’t think observing a fish is top of my "things-to-do-when-you-have-time" list.
Everyone, who has the priviledge to see, sees. Of the same physical object saw, say a table, we all see table in its a physical form. Some people however "see" trees, chopped down, processed and assembled to give us this end product called "table". So could this be the reason why lovers tend to appreciate things that many couldn’t? I don’t know, as I’m not artist nor art lover. I can certainly draw similarity, as both requires more than just eyes to "see".
Think I’ve heard this countless times, especially in dramas, "There are a lot of things you can’t see using mortal eyes" (in cantonese of course :)). When I first heard this when I was still young, I laughed, "What is this mug talking. You see whatever you see, unless you are blind!". Even had someone explained to me, I probably still won’t understand. So…
