'Sadness Of Ash'
Sad, eh? Yes, it is...
People tend to reach for a cigarette for many reasons. None of them is reasonably justified but such are we. Our impulses still rule over us and the feeling of 'need' or 'want' is what wins over our rational thoughts. This is why people smoke. Believe it or not, that impulse is 'groomed' in people. Before it was done with the help of commercials and beautiful ads of cowboys and horses running in the open plains, today is more of chemicals additives they add to your tobacco as to make you more addicted. If you need to smoke, home-grown pesticide and additives free tobacco is the way to play that game. Bear in mind that it is prohibited to grow your own in most parts of the world... I wonder why...
Let's take a look a the photo at hand. The outside world is blurred and partially hidden but the ashtray is focused and very real. The dark but hardly noticeable pastel colours spread over large areas. They create a heavy, almost unbearable feeling of desperation which is undeniable. The clear view is denied by horizontal lines and this subsequently creates frustration. Notice the disbalance in the composition. The ashtray is positioned too much to the right and the dark and light areas are out of balance with each other. This is what creates the 'unwanted off feeling'. If I wanted a perfect composition, I'd compose this differently. I'd raise the frame, diminish the dark at the bottom and position the ashtray little more to the left. Can you see the difference if you paint this in your mind? So, this is a perfect example of when deliberately unperfect composition makes perfect sense.
The overall atmosphere is dark, moody, sombre, sad, heavy. You name it. So is the need to smoke. What saddens me the most is to see teenagers smoke. Young future moms and dads destroying their bodies, genes and health with an awful habit. Alcohol usually goes along with that flow and the receipt for trouble is right at hand.
I remember a guy who told a young girl, sitting at a table beside us: "So I see that yo're really sorry for breathing the clean air..." She didn't say anything but I'm sure that her mind, underneath the 'who cares' pose, took the message. ;) My line is: "You know, when you are the most certain that you're smoking a cigarette, the cigarette, actually, smokes you." :D
Enjoy fresh air and never let some bastard sitting in a boardroom of a huge tobacco company laugh at you because you make him richer day by day while destroying your own health!
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