...We're alive, so we might as well do something extraordinary! Life is just too beautiful to let pass by. The Photo Bliss Archive is an attempt to capture the BLISSFUL elements of emotion, diversity, individuality, and sheer beauty of life from my eyes through photography. I hope you enjoy. -Steven Dee Wrigley
Friday, October 15, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Cambodia Part II
The Cambodian people have truly touched me. I am so grateful for the goodness I have felt from them. In such a short time, they have given me far more than I could ever give to them.
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." - Leo Buscaglia
Three AMAZING women...huge examples to me. They were all taken from their families as young girls during the Khmer Rouge regime, and forced to work in agricultural labor camps. They did not know each other beforehand, but were forced to live in the same tent together. They have since become three best friends. They have overcome all odds and now spend their lives devoted to serving children at the CICFO orphanage in Phnom Penh. Getting to know them was an honor...truly phenomenal examples of fine human beings.
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s-21. Genocide museum. Everyone needs to understand what took place here just 30 years ago. Over 17,000 people were imprisoned, tortured, and brutally killed here. There remains blood stains all over the prison floor. This is a picture of a prison cell (previously a high school). Of the total 17,000 + inmates, only four reportedly survived. Estimates of the total death toll from the Khmer Rouge range from 1.7 million to 4.8 million. Over half of all deaths were said to be by execution.
Despite these horrible events, the Cambodian people are extremely resilient and courageous. They have overcome a lot. They are some of the happiest people I have ever met.
May we learn from this. May history not repeat itself.
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