51: Sum of All Its Parts

This photo/post is part of a series. This post is part two (as I have mentioned here in part one) of the series.

As promised, I will explain to you the concept and the reason for this photo. The whole idea (from the title to how this stuff came to be) comes from the phrase: ""The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" which is often used in explaining Gestalt theory/ Gestalt psychology. You can read more about this theory here.

I would make a wild guess and say that most of you would look at the picture and say, it's a heart. Well, in a way it is (since that was what I was really going for) but what if I tell you they are really just a bunch of paper carefully placed out that way? That's where Gestalt psychology comes in and the phrase of course. You see, we tend to see the greater whole first than the parts. The reason for that is still unknown really but Gestalt psychology has come up with several hypothesis that would help us at least understand a little. So I really would recommend that you read it here. I don't really want to explain what Gestalt psychology is because it isn't really my forte. I came across this only because I had psychology as one of my subjects in college. Moreover, that would only lead as astray from the reason why I went for this concept.

So anyway, the reason why I went for this concept is because of the following reasons:

♥ It's the end of February, so that means my posts about love and other matters of the heart would end here.

♥ I always got ideas from people who are either dead or I haven't really met. So I was thinking maybe I should not look for the answers from books or from the net anymore for this final post for this month's theme and get the answers from people I know. 

♥ Love doesn't really have just one meaning so I wanted to prove that point by doing this. These are a bunch of people and their definition of love differs yet they are referring to the same "thing". Isn't that amazing? c: I don't really know if you get what I am trying to say but I hope you do.

♥ Gestalt Psychology has always intrigued me and I wanted to incorporate it somehow for this project of mine. c:

So yeah, I guess that's it. c: And those beads? I don't really know why I included them. At that time, I was like, maybe this will make my photo look prettier? Haha''

Credits to Denise, Rowna, Elmar, Kimi, Jonell, Mi-ann, Larz, Gayle, Francium, and Crissa. ♥

P.S. I think I may have murdered your names somehow.. for that I'm sorry.

50: What is Love?

Thank you to those who were generous enough to share their thoughts about love with me. I'm sorry if I didn't really quite explain what it was for or what plans I had for your answers. Nevertheless, here it is. c;

And by the way, this photo/post is part of a series. This is post is part one. The next post will be part two.

The reason or concept of this photo will be explained in that post as well. So check it out, alright?

Credits to Denise, Rowna, Elmar, Kimi, Jonell, Mi-ann, Larz, Gayle, Francium, and Crissa. ♥

P.S. I think I may have murdered your names somehow.. for that I'm sorry.

49: Happily Ever After

And they lived happily ever after 
is one of the most tragic sentences in literature 
~ Joshua Liebman

48: An Open Wound

A wound in the heart doesn't heal easily. 

The open wound never closes, nor does the pain go away. 

~Sasame, knight of sound/ Pretear by Junichi Sato

47: That One Star

Love is what makes you see that one star in the middle of million others. 

~Anonymous

46: Interlude

Hi! I've come to give you a break from the photos I have submitted for this past few days.

This is the interlude. A piece between the sections of a performance. 

A rose in full bloom. The bud from our prologue has already opened up to the world.

What comes next after this? You'll soon see. 

45: Talk

If you take time to talk together each day, 

you'll never become strangers.

~Leo Buscaglia

44: Everything That Lives

Everything that lives,

Lives not alone,

Nor for itself.

~William Blake

43: Marriage

Marriage is not a noun, it's a verb.

It isn't something you get. It's something you do.

It's the way you love your partner every day.

~Barbara de Angelis

42: Love Me

Love me and the world is mine

~David Reed

41: Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi there! It's already the 14th! Happy Valentine's Day!

How did you spend your day today? I spent mine with family.

Cake, Ice Cream, Watermelon, Cornflakes...Yum yum. c:

 Perfect! Just perfect!

Spread the love~ ♥

40: Pure and Precious

No matter how small, love is pure and precious.

~Khoi Nguyen

39: Dark Chocolate

"Like dark chocolate, love is tempting and bittersweet."

~ Anonymous

38: In Darkness

"Like a photograph, love develops in darkness."

~Anonymous

37: Unlikely Places

"Like a fragile flower, love often blooms in unlikely places"

~Anonymous

36: Prologue

Hi there! How are you? I hope you're doing great! It's already the month of February, the month of love and hearts.

What are your plans for the 14th? Hook me up! 

Anyway, in lieu with this month's theme, the rest of the photos to be submitted for this month  

would all be about love and other matters of the heart.

Aside from that, I won't be posting everyday anymore. I'd probably be posting at least

twice or thrice a week from now on. This is just a temporary thing though.

I still plan to submit up to 365 pictures, as promised.

By the way, here are some details about the photo. This photo was taken sometime in the evening.
The idea came to me when I was out for a walk with one of my dogs one night and I  noticed that the flowers
we have here at home have a certain other charm to them at this time of the day. Enchanting, really.
And so that's why I tried it out and this photo is one of the good ones I got.


As for the title, it goes with the idea that this post will be the springboard to the other photos I will be submitting 
in lieu with this month's theme which is love and other matters of the heart. And no texts because the photo can
speak for itself. It's a rose, a symbol of love. And it's still a bud, just about to come out in full bloom.
As the saying goes: "the rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart". 

It really is very appropriate as the prologue for the next coming posts.

Also, I am open to requests. Send me a quote or an idea and I shall try my best to take the perfect photo

that would go along with it. Remember, this month's theme is love and other matters of the heart.

Email me here.

So, that's it. Till next time!

35: Nature

"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth

are never alone or weary of life"

~Rachel Carson

34: Kung Hei Fat Choi

Here's to the bright new year, 

and a fond farewell to the old. 

Here's to the things that are yet to come, 

and to the memories that we hold. 

- Anonymous

What the Chinese Characters mean: Kung Hei Fat Choi (Cantonese)/ Xin Nian Kuai Le / Happy New Year

It's the Chinese New Year! c: Happy New Year of the Metal Rabbit everyone! 

I hope you'd all have a fruitful (Chinese) New Year. c:

I used Fortune Cookies in this post dedicated to the Chinese New Year because I find them tasty and I find reading my fortune amusing. I like them too because of the anticipation I get when I crack open one. The feeling of "What fortune would I get this time?" Haha'' It's childish and pathetic for most but I find it really fun and it makes me happy. c:

So, for this new year, do what makes you happy guys! BUT just as long as its not going to endanger or hurt you and other people (especially other people)! c:  Once again, Xin Nian Kuai Le! Kung Hei Fat Choi! ♥

P.S. I am not sure of the chinese characters if I made them right. Please comment or send me an email if I got them wrong.

Moreover, there's really a debate over which is the right greeting to say. I don't really know since I'm not really Chinese. However, I did some research and Kung Hei Fat Choi is acceptable, mostly used and its Cantonese. And if my memory serves me right, Cantonese is one of China's dialects or language. So yeah. c: 

33: I Love You

 I LOVE YOU

No text. Just the photos themselves. I don't need to really write anything here. The photos suffice. I will just let them speak in my behalf. Moreover, I would guess there's already a person (or group of people) that popped to your head right now. Think of them. Think of these words. Let that happy, suffocating, mushy, fluffy, warm and strange feeling overcome you.

And to the reader who's reading right now. I may not know who you are in real life but I'd like you to know that I love you. 

Thank you so much for checking out this post! I hope you'll check out the others and help me share this blog.

32: February

A heart that loves is always young. 

- Greek Proverb

Goodbye January! Hello February! Hurray! I got to February! I didn't think I'd make it! Haha' I guess I am still very motivated to do this blog after all. I hope I get to my 365th post. Please pray that I will forever be motivated till the end! c:

Anyway, LOVE! Love is in the air! It's that time of the year again. The love month, our darling month that holds only 28 days (29 during leap years). The flowers, the chocolates, and the stuffed toys! Can you feel it? The warm tingly fuzzy feeling atmosphere? I hope you do. c: Keep your heart young. Spread the LOVE guys! Happy Hearts/Love Month!