Photo Story

Looking at the image ... anybody can arrive at a myriad of interpretations ... one can put meaning to it ... and that depends mostly on one's personal experience ... family or otherwise.

To further evaluate my theory ... I asked friends to comment on WHAT THEY FEEL about the picture, and this is what they said.

1. The puppy is uninvited. He squeezes himself into the family out of nowhere, expecting the same rights and treatment.

2. The puppy is saling-pusa. Too pushy for comfort.

3. Strangers can come anytime in our lives, in the most unexpected times and places. And then competes for our parents' attention.

4. The puppy is an apple in a bowl of oranges. Too different to be considered a part of the family.

5. Have you ever thought that the puppy could be a potential black sheep in the family

6. Kung sino pa ang nakikitira lang ... siya pa ang maldita.

7. Ang puppy can be a home-wrecker. I can see him putting a wedge in every relationship.

8. Kung hindi dumating ang saling-aso na yan ... hindi magkaleche-leche ang buhay namin.

9. The piglets are welcoming. They will soon bond and blend together.

10. The mother pig accepts the puppy as an addition to their family

I can see some hugot lines sa mga responses. May nababasa akong munting mga drama sa buhay nila. Ang aso was just an instrument ... a mirror, and it shows a varied emotional reflection of feelings bordering on hate and disgust.

Imagine ... isang cute na puppy (and lovable at that) ... mirrors some deep dark secrets, resentments and negative feelings sa buhay ng mga kaibigan ko?

Parang "projective psychological drawing test" lang ito na isang requirement if you apply for work. You were required to draw on a piece of paper something about your house and your family. After that, the psychologist analyzes the drawing details to infer aspects of the applicant's personality.

The psychologist can also extract subconscious emotions from the subject. For instance, a large house might suggest satisfaction with home life, while a house drawn very small could indicate unhappiness with family.

Except for numbers 9 and 10 ... lumabas ang mga kinikimkim at nakatagong damdamin - probably REPRESSED or SUPPRESSED because the thought of them .... overwhelms the person.

Hindi man natin kagustohan na mageaves drop sa kanilang mga personal na buhay pero ... lumabas ang tunay na State Of Their Lives Realities - (parang SONA ni BBM ah). Hindi dahil pinapakita ng tao ang kanyang happy facade ... eh maligaya at contented na siya sa buhay.

They are the classic example of people who are laughing on the outside ... but crying on the inside.

Ang akala natin ay eveything is okay in the Western front ... yon pala maraming red flags at alarm signals pala na dapat tutukan at bantayan.