The Spectrum (write-up on ViBGYOR film festival 2012)

The odds of regular people thinking in wide terms on society’s impoverished, disenfranchised masses are close to zero, especially in this age of corporate culture which feeds our superficial desires rather than our rational needs. Democracy is a concept that’s regularly been twisted and turned to meet the agendas of the people in power or influence. Greed is today’s primary moral, suited of course to meet the ideological mentality of the age that success, a supposed sense of moral high-ground and material gain are the most important elements for self-fulfillment. This is of course absolute nonsense, but that’s part and parcel of living in a culture in which narcissism and self-aggrandizement are moral necessities.

Let’s look at the idea of democracy. Democracy has been an idea that’s been introduced over and over again since before the Ancient Greeks, and is still used now. But it isn’t a perfect concept. For instance, the Ancient Greeks seemed to believe that everyone had equal rights, and everyone should have an equal say in the goings on in a country – except women and slaves. Modern democracies often combine morals, values, ethics, fundamentalism, corporate interests and lobbying, lifestyle choices aided by advertising – by which democracies all over the world have transformed into Corporatocracies, and turned us into a culture of fad-driven, brand and salary slaves.

What humanity needs to understand is that every distinction we create – based on race, culture, country or religion – is a human invention, and perhaps should be considered a bad invention if it harms people more than helping them.

ViBGYOR Film Festival seeks to understand the problems and inconsistencies in ideologies, governance, living conditions and genuine morals – whenever they occur freely in what we ironically term a Free Society. 

Amoeba

You made me dream again...

As corny as this seemingly sycophantic phrase may seem, I’m talking about finding creativity in the least expected place. I’m talking about how someone or something could make one think as they would in a dream state.

The Bohemian Inflictive (or) Commonalities

I look out into an infinite universe and know just one thing for certain - We’re never going to know all the answers, ever. I watch political strife, and know a political system that’s applicable to all could simply not exist, because every single person thinks of his/her selfishly-motivated gains at some point, while drafting a manifesto by which the rest of humanity ought to live by. Values are required by its own nature to constantly change with the times, otherwise they become self-imposed, segregated, static morals. I watch the celebration of mediocrity and banality in education, arts and culture, and consider suggesting to ill-informed, self-proclaimed guardians of future generations to come, that aggrandizing narrow, set processes and shunning genuinely unique, remarkable achievements would perhaps contribute in ruining wisdom and higher learning and progress as we know it, but I digress.

Future(d)

Technology is an extended frame, into conscious processes we've used up in our evolution of survival techniques through the ages, incorporating these into cultures to form customs... And now we perform them dogmatically, sub-consciously knowing there's something wrong with it, yet engaging in it because of some vague, cryptic social connotation.

Out-of-bounds Realism

Life is meaningless at the end, death is inevitable.

In most cases, life cannot be more pathetic or forlorn or despicable. Yet, life can only be as glorious or futile as we want it to be. If we're individually gifted in some respect, which we all are, recognizing what it is, is half the battle won. The rest of the effort, a genuine effort, mind you, should be focused on how to not squander the same gift, instead of engaging ourselves in some mindless, unenlightening exercise we undergo, supposedly to fulfill some vague, social purpose. We don't need that, it isn't vital to our existence. It doesn't define us, it doesn't enlighten us, it teaches us nothing, and yes, serves no genuine purpose.

Hypothetical

God created the Universe.
Most of the world accepts that.
Not many people know, that human beings, were created twice.

On Valentine's

I'm not exactly sure of the outcome of this article, nor do I think there's any value to it. The passages that follow may lead readers to believe that it's all about refuting the concepts tied to this day. I can assure you it's the result of an objective outlook at the topic, not a subjective one.

Bipolar

Here's the endless cycle for Manic Depression.

A Personal Manifesto

There exists a mental state, set for a stage within an author’s head, where the sole thought is writing. Not the focus of one’s being, the Sole thought. It comes down to a schizophrenic mental urge to do little else. A point, when everything else, even those elements that form inspirations to induce ideas, like music, idols, drugs, reality, alternate work, the pointlessness of life and satire, transform into mere distractions. Until, the self is the only inspiration, and working at producing more material isn’t merely an obsession, it’s a necessity.

Based on Nothing

It seems like humankind has retreated so much into self-absorbed narcissism, as a form of self-preservation. Safety as an illusion isn't genuinely safety, but it's the best we can muster in oddly paranoid, hateful times like these. The human race functions on two things in modern society  - Ignorance and Greed. Ironically, we've begun to contemplate galaxies and microbial organisms, yet we still profess a strong belief in burning bushes, holy rocks, virgin births and a distorted idea of success (which is measured, weirdly, in accumulated wealth, and the number of people who respect you based on that same wealth).  We indulge ourselves insatiably in empty symbols like flags and empty slogans like "No Pain, No Gain". We function within a monetary system that has no valued attributes; meaning, every currency in the world is worthless paper backed by nothing of value, except, perhaps, the infallible word from our beloved institutions like banks and schools that money possesses value. 

Chaotic

It's fascinated me how the most chaotic ideas ever proposed in our history could reshape our world. It's also interesting how the most stationary ideas led us to ruin & destruction over the millennia. Which is ironic.