HUMA BIRGUL

... "WHERE DO WE STAND? " foreword for the book of Ger C. Bout " Beyond The Moon"

Where do we stand? Do we have to be standing far from the moon to see beyond the moon? Can’t we see beyond when “in”?

Looking at a small stone on the beach or looking at the moon from a spaceship?

What is the difference? Does importance depend on the responsibility of the task or the perception of it ? What is the distance between one point of view and another point of view? Is there a distance? Is there a time? Is there a space between ways of thinking? What makes us close or far? What is conditioning? Why are we so scared of other ways? Why do we give way to the ready, proposed one? Why do we consume one moment, one mentality, one life in one way?

How can we be so imprisoned in our mind that we decide to go in one narrow way? How can a human liberate him/herself to the most free place?

Some “things” could leave us free from behind these mental bars. A way of seeing...

Every definition is a limitation, an imprisonment; if we do not define anything, we are free. What we see is our self, our perception/ intention, a way to discover ourselves.

These photos are giving us a chance to let ourselves be free from our conditioned mind. They reflect the idea of difference between looking at the world from a narrow focus or a wider one. While looking from a narrow focus brings an intense dissatisfaction, the other brings a distinct feeling of saturation and integrity. Actually, when we look inwardly we realize how little we know about ourselves and how many sides we have that we keep ignoring and suppressing in our lives. These images emphasize the importance of the contact with our inner self. So, what do you see in these images? Can you see beyond the moon when “in”?

Hüma Birgül, March 2015

http://gercbout.com/assets/series/071_BeyondtheMoon/071_BeyondtheMoon.pdf