A Roadside Scene
“A Roadside Scene” /Jessie T. Ponce / Myanmar / February 2016
Bundles of handwoven grass mats wait with their owner by a roadside store for the next bus to the city. Weaving is an alternative source of income for rural Myanmar women on lean months when the ricefields are still waiting for the rain.
The drag of endless mental work in a strange land takes its toll. Fatigue can kill so petty escapades provide hopeful deviations from the brewing madness. An aging DSLR keeps good company to a walk around the neighbourhood, a short drive to a scenic place, or a silent recollection in a quiet nook granting that the host community and the elements of nature would allow one a safe passage to solitude and contemplation. Loneliness quickly turns to joy when something exciting gets captured by the cam’s shutter then set free into the laptop’s screen followed by electric words that rush from the fingers to the keyboard in an effort to describe the moment. Alas, the brain is alive once again!
What a lovely scene!
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