Renamimation

A droll Friday night. The ceiling fan spinning to its mundane rhythm. Brief puffs of air sweeping over my hair. Things progress toward a cold slumber. My musings get the better of me. Something has my fingers itching to tickle the buttons on my keyboard. I used to have a blog for myself once. Does it still exist? To my bemused self it was a pleasant surprise, to stumble upon what I had to say back then. Back then I was hungry and impulsive. Easily triggered and irked. A high strung response to everything. Everything was important and nothing could be let go. I still am that way. To move forwards, you have to let go, not only of the past but also the little things that shouldn't be given attention. You cannot be irritable and happy at the same time. Triggered responses to the slightest anomaly, put off everyone. Learning to let go of the illusion that you control your domain is when you will learn to go past the futility of the present. The glory of tomorrow is built on the magnanimity of today.

Travelling

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Travelling. Going places. The experience is exactly what it is; a state of mind. A state of mind that can be reached at any geographical location. Some locations outclass the others because they exceed our expectations. This happen anywhere not only at locations outside your home country but also within. Once your expectations are updated and set all places look the same, they look ordinary enough. Be it Lalgabh or St. James' park. You will experience the same joy. So it is time things in our country begin to exceed our expectations. We are familiar with a certain environment. If there are changes for the better here, then there will be joy in visiting places in your own home country and no hunting for a place and dates in foreign countries.

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When you visit new places, you to get to see new cultures, new creations, new people and a new environment. These have to be experienced first-hand. The monuments do make up the experience, but the environment which is alien/foriegn is the real highlight of the trip. You will remember the kindness of a stranger more than how the Buckingham Palace looked, though both were part of the same experience, it is the people that make a place special and to meet these people you have to travel to a country other than your homeland. By travelling you always get richer, in every way. You have a wealth of experience and knowledge. These stimulate you, they drive you. They not only add an extra dimension to you but also that edge. A holiday break is always welcome too... it gives you something to look forward to and to look back upon. Like a great traveller said ... I have seen more than I can remember and remember more than I have seen.

Think thrice

If I was fortunate enough to help someone in need,
I would get a good name and fame out of this feat.
!!??!!??

The science of teaching art

Weights and measures... ticking stopwatches... precision screw gauges... angled protractors... the need to measure ... the need for order... the need for control... the need to quantize... to make it a part of "modern science". science is meant to make our lives easier.... easier? no! faster... yes... people dieing of heart attacks in their 20s... the mechatronic deamons on the prowl... the electrostatic slowly getting to your head... you reach the depths of the electronic trench... you are surrounded by it, depend on it ... live and breathe by it... a stifled breath... tense days... greater expectations... higher pressures... it is at times like these that one thinks of art....the grace of a dancer... the beauty of a marble sculpture... the flow of a star field dream... the freedom of an open country road...
so why think of teaching art like a science.... ?? you can instruct the way things have been done... but you cant teach someone to do things the way you feel is beautiful... no one taught the greatest artists in the world... van gogh never went to the international university of art to learn how to paint... maybe that is why he is great... cause he was different from everyone.... he created beauty...
dont teach me how to create art... instruct me ... and i shall create a thing of beauty.

Top of the hill

Hey wake up!! its finally time... what i had been waiting for, for the last two months... ever since the day we had that blessed dinner. Get up namit ... its time... cut the slack and get ready... you have an early start and you dont want to be the laggard... i get out of the room after getting ready ... looking forward to today.. everyones out... hey lets go... lets not wait... there is a magnificence thats tugging at me... my feet ready, rub my eyes of the last bits of slumber left in them... lets go! confident foot steps say that we can do it... then with the first rays of the sun hitting the summit, the winding path laying ahead of us becomes clear... winding and steep in places and easy goin at others.. journeys you need to make on earth before reaching the devine... the things you need to overcome before the sun sets on our horizons... but right now it is sunrise and am already at the foot of the hill... take my first steps... feeling the polished granite slab beneath my feet... polished by years of footsteps ... pleasant after walking on the rough asphalt... a regular campaigner zips past me... i am inspired to follow her footsteps... i lengthen my stride and walk to the flat part... a bit tired but not exhausted yet... i walk again.. slowly pick up the pace again... n after a few cycles of slow and fast walkin... i reach the summit... but before you witness divinity, you have rituals to follow... you cleanse and purge and wait... then the white marble glistens in the oils and lotions applied to it... the eyes radiant ... the crown gleaming, the gravity compelling... the gaze does not shift.. you are humbled to witness greatness in all its splendour at the very heart of the home of my beliefs... the mecca as on might say for jains... Adeshwar Bhagwan... please give me peace...

Confidence is the bouy

When a person is on a high of confidence, he begins to think about things he thought were impossible. The sky is within reach, he just needs to stretch out and grab it. When the pull of confidence goes slack, the back begins to sag, the smile becomes forced, the stride becomes measured. Things people say begin to hammer on you, you begin to second guess youself. Self doubt if not routed at the outset, begins to eat away precious energy. Break the slack, the stiff back and get a spine.

P.O.V.

Why is there no fragrance in gold?
Why is there no fruit on a sugarcane?
Why is there no flower on a sandalwood tree?
Boss, why dont you change your point of view and see what is good and not what isnt?
Why do you long for more ? Why dont you accept a situation? Why do you crib ?