What is Hidden or Coated

Snapshots are shots taken by a photographer with his small handheld camera. It is here where he just spontaneously clicks the button to capture a certain moment which he thinks is worth taking. It is in these snapshots of candid moments that when he looks at it, he sees more beyond what the picture offers. And truly it is better than that of having still life as his theme.

Yes, the story showed me aspects of life that I normally would not see. It opened my eyes to better understanding of certain human action and reaction that leads to learning more about human nature. For me, how the husband acted towards the blind man was some kind of a defense mechanism. Knowing things about the blind man from his wife's stories and seeing him finally that night, it made him realize that their visitor is not a typical blind man. Their visitor is a normal person who lives a normal life, that without dogs guiding him, but just lacks that sense of sight. This is the very reason why somehow he acted weird, if the wife was to ask, but it was just his way to be himself and act normal in entertaining or receiving a normal visitor. Another aspect I have observed that can be quoted goes something like this, "You could not just judge a person right away for what he did, you must know the reason why he did it to be sensible." This goes to the judgmental persons who do not give others the chance to explain. They focus too much on the wrong actions of people without caring to ask the reason of how everything came to be or happened. They don't even mind to ask the reason why though this has always been the right way for them to give the right judgment, reward or punishment, to a certain act and for them to know deeper of the situation and in order for them to act accordingly. And remember, it is always logically important to know the purpose for it is there where everything relies.

The husband, at the same time, was the narrator who played a very important part of the short story. Aside from the blind man guiding him in their drawing of the cathedral in the last part of the short story which created the strongest irony and somehow had made him the real blind man, he was a tool or vehicle that made us discover more about the complexity of human nature. Reacting differently from the rest will always be weird for others, like what the husband did which was interpreted by the wife as him being rude to the blind man because she never knew of the husband's real intentions.

The short story compared to the novels and other forms of literature, despite its length, it contains the right impact that must be left to the readers. It consists of meaningful scenes where one can get a bunch of useful information. Short stories consist of snapshots made by the writer with his imagination and power of words. These are the scenes where one can interpret more way beyond the words written. It gives us the capacity to spot the real character of the person involved, the significance of their movements and actions, the value of the atmosphere it creates, may it be light or heavy. And most importantly, it gives the deepest meaning to the moment itself where only one with the open mind and has the best understanding could cultivate what is hidden or coated.