Reflective Eye of the Witness · Watches Ways of the World
⁘ “Every once in a while, I need to come down from the high hills. Ever up in the watchtower. Ever wondering the ways of the world. What are all these people doing? What's driving them? Each one of them living in worlds of their own design.”
Your friendly casual observer, gazing and grazing in downtown Yogyakarta in the heart of the island of Java.
Every once in a while, I need to come down from the high hills, get some chores done in the city.
Stuff we don't get at a local market.
I may come down from the high hills,
but the casual observer never leaves the causal watchtower.
So here we are, wondering the ways of the world.
What are all these people doing?
What's driving them?
Why are they even moving?
Each one of them living in worlds of their own design.
Some consciously pursuing phantoms,
others doing it out of habit.
It's not like I'm lounging here trying hard to philosophise.
Some things, when seen, simply cannot be unseen.