Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Babu's story

I was having a drink just now with the new manager, and for the price of a coffee, he told me a story. Totally worth it.

There was a guru. Archery. 2 students. Standing atop a mound or an elevation of some sort, the guru asked them to describe what they saw in front of them. The first told of the buildings, trees and birds and scenery. The second however, kept quiet. So the guru asked. What do you see? He said, eye, feather, beak..... and what not.. so the guru stared at where his student was looking, and after a while, realized that he was staring at a bird in a tree. This archer later went on to become some real famous archer in Indian history... whose name i cannot remember.


The point is... I am not too sure actually. Perspective or focusing on detail? Detail is contradicting to perspective cos perspective is broad? Awww... whatever it is, totally worth the dollar I paid for his coffee.