Financial Crisis: Need, Greed, Fraud & Collapse
October 25th, 2008
The Rose of yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Changeable Rose. Rose of Sharon
Who and what can we trust now that we are facing a global financial crisis? This situation, sooner or later, will effect our lives, threatening our savings, pensions, jobs, homes, education, families, friends, foods, environments, countries etc… . It is difficult for most of us to make sense of this confusion and despair, brought about, deliberate or otherwise, by the world’s political, financial leaders and those in power. And ourselves too, to a large extant is part of the system.
This photograph of the rose (above) from the flowering plant, Hibiscus Mutabilis, was taken from my garden, recently. One of my Orang Asli friends from Kuala Krau in Pahang gave me a cutting of the plant. This vigorous bushy shrub has since started to flower. Each flower opens to about 10 to 15 cm wide, starts up as pure white in the morning, then changes to pink in the afternoon and finally, closes up as deep red by evening and drops off.
The cycle of the life of this rose and its transforming colours, offer me a a visual metaphor, to muse over the current, boom to burst, global financial situation, and to wonder what kind of world we have inherited- yesterday, today and tomorrow. I hope to share this image with someone else in whatever way they may like to view it.
If you have the time, you may like to check out this site Global Financial Crisis which I find informative. To add more tales to the plight, go to A Tale of Interesting Times
The citizens of Malaysia have the right to live in freedom, dignity and fraternity.
Remembering all the deaths and sorrows of our fellow human beings all over the world, due to the military and civilian conflicts. Hoping we may find a more peaceful way to settle our warfare.
"The world has enough for everyone's need but not everyone's greed." Mahatma Gandhi
This exhibition at KLPac from 17August to 13 September 2009 tel: KLPac 03 4047 9010
Our last exhibition was in November, 2008, at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center.
October 26th, 2008 at 3:27 am
Thank you so much Mr. Chin for commenting on my blog, and let me add that your beautiful “Rose” piece is the epitomy of the circle of life.
I do want to add a simple answer to your question of “who and what can we trust”, and that is, we can only trust ourselves. Our intuitive spirits, our knowledge of what’s right and our ambitions to try and change the world for the better.
Thank you again, your friend… Tina