Reflection

A reflection of Matter.

I like this photo because it is a reflection of all that is Matter and all that Matters, confined by the boundaries of time and space. The light through the window at the end suggests some form of an "outside", as does my view in. Light through the window should be indicative of day time; Time is present through Light. But now, one can never be completely sure that the streaming light through the window is not artificial, perhaps an overzealous street lamp? Nothing is truly as confined as it appears to be and everything remains a possibility.

I realised that its been a while since I posted another one of my kitschy Reflection posts. But then again, its been a while since I last reflected on anything worthwhile and so the blog is an accurate reflection of my mental state. Two posts ago, I was slightly intrigued by the notion of Traditions and why it matters so much. And we cannot deny that tradition of any form is a way of human life, from Family Tradition, Legal Tradition to Religious Tradition. Aquinas reasoned that people are helped by religious tradition in a way appropriate to their manner of knowing since human beings achieve knowledge of spiritual and intelligible things through the experience of physical and sensible realities. Therefore, it is appropriate that in passing on certain ideas, we should make use of certain physical and sensible signs loosely termed as Tradition. Aquinas also thinks that people are captivated by physical objects and processess and need to be helped by means of them. Aquninas thinks that our preoccupation with material things is a root cause of sin and he regards it as appropriate that we should be cured of sin through material things. And so, the Material Matters.