Sunday, September 21, 2008
Perception
one man's junk, is another's treasure.
Perception, the process in which we make sense of the world around us. Physiological and cognitive, it is influenced by psychological factors and social factors.
Let's start, everyone has a different perspective on things, we conceive and "see" things differently. What would your perception of these men be, if you saw them walking on the streets of Orchard Road?
Would your perception change if you saw the first man in a tribal village in, let's say, Africa? And the second man, walking along Coney Island. (not to stereotype of course, just to prove a point).
Personally, given the different contexts and scenarios, I would say that I would have different perceptions of each of them in the different situations. To me, a typical Singaporean, seeing someone like that along Orchard Road, would scare me stupid. (no offence or anything) I would personally think someone like this is mad, or have the perception that this person likes pain, or enjoys being pierced.
Given the second situations, one would take into context the environment, and maybe understand that for the first man's case, it may be a cultural thing, and for the second man's case, he may be a performer, or part of the act.
That is my take on it, my perception of seeing someone with full on piercings, as a person with only ONE pair of piercings.
What if I were someone with multiple piercings like them? Would i still see things the way I saw? Probably not, I would probably think that they were cool, and maybe on day aspire to have as many piercings as them.
What do you think? What are your thoughts? Are they different from mine? Why do we percieve things differently?
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12:38 AM
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