Nirmal Kumar Menon
Three weeks ago while I was in Singapore, me and a few friends decided to have a bike ride to an area we haven’t been to before on bike. Living near Katong we used to follow the water line and head East well passed the airport because it was an area we were all familiar with.
This time we took a very haphazard path on the roads towards the world trade centre. There was no direct line to get there because it was connected by a series of expressways; we had to by law stick on normal roads. Missing a few turns and just guessing towards the end the whole round trip took us around 5 hours.
So as we headed back home I decided to take a detour and go by the beach. The sun was beginning to set and I decided it would be a good place for a pit stop. Having passed my friends places already I parked my solitary bike one the wave breaker and headed down. The beach for once was not full of people as it usually was, instead it was next to deserted. The only sound was those of the waves crashing on the breakers and sand. All I could see ahead of me were silhouettes of ships far off in the distance against an orange sky.
The tide was comming into a high tide as I approached the scene, covering the usual smell of decaying fish on this side of the beach, it was replaced by a pleasant light salty aroma. It was the perfect sunset often seen in movies, only this was real and i was there as it happened. I didn’t feel like leaving until 20 minutes later and I still looked back as I left.
Noel M Macale Photography
I chose this photograph because it is pretty much the exact spot i stopped at. Its the same part of the beach but facing away from the wave breaker. I recognised the tree as well, Its almost as if the photographer was standing next to me and took a photograph.
was my chosen artifact. I chose it because of its interesting shape and the fact that the surface gets cold really easiely and still shocks me occasionally in the morning when i reach out for it. Its also a scent that i like because while it is musky there is a slight spice to it as well
posted by Malte Wagenfeld at 11:11 am
1 Comments:
Good
A nicely rendered account of all your senses and emotion etc coming together to experience a certain memorable moment. If synaesthetes have an enhanced power of memory then it may also help explain what makes a 'moment' memorable and perhaps a design memorable, ie. the experience being rich in multi sensorial information.
Something to ponder.
I do think you could have delved a bit deeper in your analysis of the Hugo Boss product. There is room for expansion here.
3.5 /5
Cheers Malte
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