Wacky Pose

"Walang basagan ng trip." 

I fully expect you to utter this phrase after you finish reading this post. But I still firmly believe that the wacky pose has lived its life. Now, it's time to discard it and look back at those wacky pictures with nostalgia.

Why? Well, the wacky pose was fun to begin with because it was "new". With digital cameras and unlimited takes, many found the freedom to explore more ideas and, ultimately, to find new ways to capture moments. One of these ideas involved taking pictures of ourselves featuring contorted facial expressions and convoluted emotions.

At first, the wacky pose was fun, cute, and novel. Many people thought so too and began imitating wacky poses from other friends and so on. Ultimately, the popularity of the wacky pose tugged at its appeal. The sheer ubiquity of the wacky pose in our photos and our friends' photos transformed it from a unique way to pose to a mandatory drill in any photo shoot.

It's interesting how something which has become so common loses its attraction in the process. The same goes with the wacky pose. When everyone is doing it, doesn't that make the wacky pose the new 'normal'? If it is, where's the fun now in that?