Northfield. Spring 2010. 5th week

Chicago

First Colours of Spring

Spring brings colors back to the white, snow-covered Minnesotan landscape. I can't help but record down all these colours that bring such simple joys!


This is the first flower I noticed in spring. It was yellow! (29th March 10)



The first red. It's on the tree right outside my bedroom window and it greets me every morning.


The first white flower. White was the color of winter but seeing it on a tree, in blooming flowers/leaves makes it different.



Purple: Sunset from the Asia House window.


Colors of the sunset.

Pass Over [Jewish Holiday]

Today I went to photograph Pass over, a religious event put together by the Chaplin's office... A nice, late dinner + learning and hearing about traditions.















students being the sea parted by moses as part of the skit.











I forgot why we did this, but there was a part when we had to hit each other with spring onions. (It has a lot more signifinace than this but I can't remember...)












The chapel at night, by the moonlight

Archiving

Over spring break, I was hunting information about Carleton's buildings, and delved into their histories, to as early as 1866 as part of my on-campus job. During those four hours in the the morning when I worked, it seemed like I was living in a different era. The documents and photographs brought me back in time.

I have been thinking about this concept of time; about past, present and future. Having raised as a Buddhist and having grown up in Singapore, I have learned to live in the present, and plan for the future... don't dwell on the past too often. But now that I have had a chance to know how documenting the present and storing them into the "past" compartment could be important...

A journal that I carry along with me has been the main form of archiving. But more recently, I have been seeing certain sights that illustrate the abstract/intangible/conceptual thoughts I have in my mind... And hence, a need for a small portable camera.

The one of the highlights of my break has been the acquisition of a Nikon S570. Small, humble camera, but functional. (: I am going to see how far I can get ahead with photojournaling.



Here's one of the first photos I took:



















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