I've had just enough time to... see more concrete being planted.
Taken in Cilegon, Indonesia 2 hours from Jakarta 4 months later of the same place as picture below.
On 3 January 2012, I put up a post with the title
“Planting Rice Is Never Fun” where I explored the theme of poverty and
progress. Is progress a necessary evil? It is not an easy question and the
answer depends very much on which side you are from and in. For those who love
the beauty of the idyllic farm scene as much as me, we often see the ugly side
of progress even as we admit to its necessity at times. But why can’t progress
be prettier, to encompass instead of just destroying nature?
This was the image of the field in November 2011.
This is how it looked liked in March 2012.
It is easy to, but I have no right to question whether
this is right or wrong for one with no stake in it. I can only lament that the
beautiful field of swaying gold is no more. Replace by these piles of concrete
jutting out from the barren ground. When the wind blows, I will no longer hear its
whispers through the heavy leaden grains but the deep sighs as it swims round
stiff concrete.
A 1000 Reasons
ReplyDeleteIt is easy to, but I have no right to question whether this is right or wrong for one with no stake in it. I can only lament that the beautiful field of swaying gold is no more. Replace by these piles of concrete jutting out from the barren ground. When the wind blows, I will no longer hear its whispers through the heavy leaden grains but the deep sighs as it swims round stiff concrete.
This is the picture of the same place just 4 months earlier from when the above pciture was taken. Check out my blog for other comparison.
vargues fotodig
nice work
♥♥Ever-Green Veronica♥♥
Hello Dear Thou... and thank you....I have read with interest your considerations on progress..... Is it necessary ? Yes I also think it is...... but not how mankind has esagerated in the last 50 years........in some places there is too much of everything and in some places only poverty and nothing to eat.....
I have lived already 66 years.... I had the luck that my dad left the country just after the 2nd world war and I have seen a better world than the one I left..... but also in the new country there were people who had no or only few human-rights .... Ohhh my I may be stressing you....
I am pleased and I repeat I feel honoured to be your friend...... Thank you... and my prayers are for you that you take the right decisions...
Oops..... this photos are beautiful and interesting.....and the great contrast ..before and after concrete planting..... just makes me want to cry...... Big hugs.... VeRo
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ineedathis
This is very interesting very similar to firework tubes:-) they are so huge,
Yes why that is the question I always ask,
Excellent work here my friend! I hope you are enjoying your weekend.
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Terrible things are happening in the world. The nature of human beings destroyed. In Belarus, the authorities ordered to destroy the trees along the roads. There are several reasons for this destruction:
ReplyDeleteA. Unaccounted land appeared after felling trees. A field of wheat in the documents remained the same, and actually has more. Officials thus increase the size of the crop. In Belarus, the authorities need data, not the reality.
В. If the president, the minister or the mayor goes on the road, he could see the beautiful fields and obrazhovatsya that the country is doing well.
С. The sniper could hide in a tree;)
Therefore, in Belarus, you can go on the road and for 50 miles without seeing more than 10 trees.
Thanks Migalayte. Yes, it is sad to see Nature being destroyed at an unprecedented rate all in the name of progress. Wonder what will be left in another 50 years time. We will need to pay to go to a park.
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ReplyDeleteho.ge
what are these stacks for?
It is a pity to the beautiful land.
great documentation!
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I find a beauty in this work!
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bloodybee
cool pattern. i like how the people gives the idea of the scale
antoninodias13
Excellent work!!!
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Ruby Ferreira ®
an amazing pic and place indeed
Eyemdreaming
Lamentable that modern "progress" and technology must have as it's price the destruction of our beautiful natural world.
MAMEDE HARFOUCHE
WISHING YOU A SPLENDID NEW WEEK, Thou.
KISSES AND PEACE.
الله أكبر * " ALLAH HU AKBAR! "
GPMTZ
Amazing image...and writing. Keep up the social consciousness.
Kathy_9
Good grief - what are they building?
ana_lee_smith
But what is it ...what are they for, thou? First impression was of something beautiful for it somehow reminded me of Ireland's 'Giants Causeway', pillar like structures on the ne coast formed by volcanic lava millions of years ago. But compared to the natural green padi fields that are no more, impossible to find anything beautiful about it. But progress when its name is capitalism is rarely if ever beautiful, is it?
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dodagp
Bitter juxtaposition,dear Thou.If you hadn't explained what it is,I would have thought it was some sort of public art ... Day by day progress gains more and more ground at the expense of nature and the quality of our life.Tough and sad,my friend.The sitting people amongst the tall,steel pillars look so dramatic and defenceless as they are unable to curb the sweeping power of money ...
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This looks so strange and begs a hundred more questions
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henrhyde (gill)
So beautifully presented --yet not a beautiful scene.
The progress of the world --now a world of the "have" and the "have not ".
So extreme --yet an inevitable happening.
The result may be a catastrophe .
We will not know .
Such moving and beautiful words Thou - San . You are able to perceive so much .