Michael Pung
100 Strangers Project - 50/100
...At this point a couple of other people entered the conversation, one who came to say goodbye (a musician who I finished interviewing a little earlier) and another, a friend who was hanging around.
"...Corporations are running us, but it doesn't have to be like this. They taught us greed and vanity so everyone is trying to obtain this invisible dream. Everyone is trying to climb this invisible ladder to try to be something that you're never going to be. No matter how big your bank balance is, you're never going to be bigger than the banks. So the banks are your gods. All these religions they're all fighting saying we worship God. No, you worship money. What is worship? Worship is something that you're constantly focusing on. So what are you really pouring your attention to? You only pour your attention to only on a weekly basis but every single section of your day you're focusing on money. How I'm going to live, how I'm going to eat, how I'm going to pay my council tax. And I got to pay this, I got to pay that and this all ties in to banks. Those are your gods.
So it's deep man, what are we gonna do?"
There was a brief pause.
"We have to change the rhythm," said the musician as he was walking away.
"Change the rhythm that's it! I like the way he said it, he's a percussionist. If you change the rhythm, everything: your synapses, your thoughts, your heart beat is set to a rhythm. Change the way you think. Once you change the way you think, then you change your perceptions on which shapes your reality.
When I look at that homeless man do I see myself connected to him? Love your neighbour as you love yourself. We don't need no religion, our religion should be love."
This is a long one, the rest of the post is at: www.michaelpung.com/blog
**To find out more about the project and photos taken by other photographers please visit Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page**
100 Strangers Project - 50/100
...At this point a couple of other people entered the conversation, one who came to say goodbye (a musician who I finished interviewing a little earlier) and another, a friend who was hanging around.
"...Corporations are running us, but it doesn't have to be like this. They taught us greed and vanity so everyone is trying to obtain this invisible dream. Everyone is trying to climb this invisible ladder to try to be something that you're never going to be. No matter how big your bank balance is, you're never going to be bigger than the banks. So the banks are your gods. All these religions they're all fighting saying we worship God. No, you worship money. What is worship? Worship is something that you're constantly focusing on. So what are you really pouring your attention to? You only pour your attention to only on a weekly basis but every single section of your day you're focusing on money. How I'm going to live, how I'm going to eat, how I'm going to pay my council tax. And I got to pay this, I got to pay that and this all ties in to banks. Those are your gods.
So it's deep man, what are we gonna do?"
There was a brief pause.
"We have to change the rhythm," said the musician as he was walking away.
"Change the rhythm that's it! I like the way he said it, he's a percussionist. If you change the rhythm, everything: your synapses, your thoughts, your heart beat is set to a rhythm. Change the way you think. Once you change the way you think, then you change your perceptions on which shapes your reality.
When I look at that homeless man do I see myself connected to him? Love your neighbour as you love yourself. We don't need no religion, our religion should be love."
This is a long one, the rest of the post is at: www.michaelpung.com/blog
**To find out more about the project and photos taken by other photographers please visit Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page**