Galbaski

There are very few days in our life where in whatever we do turns out to be gold, we find results in all the things we do. Most of the things in our ever pending list gets resolved so soothingly and makes you believe that we should always act on our intuitions.

Yesterday was one of those countable days where in all my actions were driven by just intuition and the results were very convincing in all the ways. After finishing most of my works i felt i should watch a play today. It was already a couple of months that I had visited Ranga shankara, but it was already 7pm and the play starts at 7.15pm. I thought i should some how make it today. I rushed myself and just managed to squeeze between the closing gates.

"Galbaski" , yes thats the name of the plays name. I have never heard about it earlier, I was even not sure which language the play is until it started.

Sometimes these incidents in your life makes you realize that we should look out and start reading these signs which confronts you very often, may be thats what even Paulo coelho mentioned in his writings.

I was glad that I made it for such a wonderful, thought provoking play. It was really worth for the strain and effort I took in getting there for the play. The play revolves around the life of a prostitute and the way society uses her. The highlight of the play is the character "Mirror". The author is very talented in letting out his message through a common mirror. Everyone likes to see themselves in the mirror but what we see in mirror is not what exactly we are, but the mask we carry upon us.

The play was very well scripted and the Hindustani alap rendered by a young singer was so soothing that most of the time I was watching him singing rather than play. His voice had so much power that, even though it was in the backdrop it was highlighted.

Details:
Play: Galbaski
Playwright: Coffee Raghavendra
Director: KSDL Chandru
Troupe: Roopantara, Bengaluru

I just remembered a Zen meditation which talks about healing powers of mirror. It says if we stand naked in front of the mirror every day for few minutes then we get cleansed naturally without any effort because there is so much power in nakedness and its difficult to watch complete nakedness.

Below is one of my experiments with nakedness.

Besuge- The bonding ...

You always feel good if someone you know make it big. Yes yesterday was one of those moments when two of my friends came up with a musical album of their own. Even though I was an uninvited guest at the occasion I really enjoyed a lot seeing their dreams come true. I know how much effort and sacrifices they did to get where they are now.

It’s really inspiring to see them doing something on their own and releasing to the world. It’s almost year and a half that I know Arun & Surya, the very meeting with them made me feel that they are really interested in music to the core. They keep proving my assumptions right by constantly doing some or the other thing in the field they have chosen.

Finally they have reached a milestone which is their start into a real fascinating & competitive journey. I am sure they will reach very great heights by their talent & unshaken discipline. I wish them a bright & joyful success for all their future projects.

Kavigala Mecca - Kavishaila

Yes, I am back from Haj. I am sure any art lover will agree with me if I coin Kavishaila as "Kavigala Mecca".

Recently i came across a documentary on Kavishaila, ever since i watched that program there flourished a desire to visit & capture this sacred place. Thanks to my friend Archana, the very moment she invited me for her sisters wedding at shimoga i decided i will make a trip to Kuppalli (around 75 kms from shimoga).

Its such a great feeling to be at the place where he sat and composed those great master pieces. They have refurbished his old home at Kuppali and converted it into a museum of all his literary works and an artistic monument has been erected at the place where he is laid to rest.

Please find below a small tribute to the great legend.

Stills from Kavishaila

References

• http://www.kuvempu.com/en/index.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuvempu

Skin

Everyone likes skin :), I don’t find anyone disagreeing with me. If they do then I presume they are pretending or else they are those deeply depressed souls who don’t get a curve on their lips even when tortured with laughter drug injected straight into their veins.

Its from those Adam and eve's time that people are interested in having an attractive skin and even more gorgeous attire to compete with the layer below. Most of the times we feel that the apparel adored by others are more appealing than with what we are covered with. It is very evident if you look out, if you see a gorgeous model with a lovely skirt on a television ad the very next day you can find your colleague gowning it even though it might not suit her.

Time have changed now and we cannot generalize these clothe things as feminine. As girls step out of the doors and demand an equal rights in all the things guys do, so does guys skid behind and do things which girls once adored. Even guys now a days talk about clothes, ear rings and skin coloring :).

I accompanied my niece the other day to circus and everyone was applauding and delighted when an elephant covered with denim trousers and jacket emerged behind the screen. I could not laugh as i was thinking what the elephant's state would be with those skin tight costumes. Even my sis used to dress up our doggy "Tony" with shorts & T-shirt for any occasion at home and all visitors would appreciate and feel elated but when undressed we will find him running around with such a joy stating that this is how he likes to be.

Even though we find varying colors in skins across the globe, all are born with beautiful skins and undoubtedly the best and comfortable attire to fit in. But the society or the culture demands us to follow a certain code hence we get wrapped ourselves with the best wrapper we find but alas it should be comfortable enough.

They say beauty always lies beneath the skin but most of us are not equipped with the instrument to visualize what lies beneath. Hence the outer cover is also as important as what lies in the book in order for a normal reader to grasp them.

May be that's the reason why i keep changing my blog skins so often, hope it looks sexy :)

Lalbagh Flower Show 2009

Hurray ! I am happy that i hold my record of not missing this year's Lalbagh Flower show too.

Seriously i had no intentions of going to flower show this year as the fever of H1N1 spread wide and deep into each ones mind, i was even told by family and close friends not to go to Lalbagh as it is like inviting the virus all by yourself. But touch hood i am pretty healthy as i am writing this article :). But the fear of virus was reflecting from every iris in the backdrop of those lovely colors of the flowers.


There was no specific theme as such in this flower show, the main attraction is mermaid whose attire was very well stitched with anthorium leaves and surrounded by gorgeous dolphins. The teddy bears below the dolphins were cute but looked odd in the aquatic theme.

The dinosaurs were appealing but the sounds it made was kind of irritating but the Thai floral arrangement is really appreciable. The spiky cactus is worth mentioning.




I have exposed the Flower show pics for all those who backed out either because of virus fear or really had some valid reasons to skip. This is for you guys :).

Camera: Kodak Z650 Digital Camera ( 6.1 Mega Pixels )

Theme Fever ...

Themes ! is the buzz word that is in the air for quite some years now. This word became so common in last few years and it all started with the IT boom or in other words it all started when purses turned hefty. I somehow believe that man tends to be more creative only when his stomach and pockets are brimming.

This word keeps intruding my ear quite often. The other day i dropped into my brothers office who is an architect and found his client discussing to have his nest designed with a theme of a flower. And later on my cousin invited me for her fashion show where in she is displaying her collections based on the theme of clouds. And this theme fever have been infected each and every thing surrounding us. We can see all the reality shows, dance events and even cookery programs on television are programmed with a theme in backdrop.

But i am glad that these theme infections have really given birth to so much artistic master pieces and there by provoking the otherwise dull mundane minds.

When it comes to shows & theme based events, Bangalore is always in the fore run. Falling into the similar lines is the bi-yearly flower show events in Lalbagh. And this theme fever did not even spare our flower shows for the past few years. I remember last time they had this "Musical instruments" theme and a year before they came out with "Life under water" theme. All these things makes me wonder what would be this year.

I somehow never missed the shows for the last 3 years. I generally never want to let out an occasion to open out my lenses and there can't be any other better event than this. But what i hate in these flower shows is standing in the queues to get into the park. In order to avoid all these things i sneak into the park at around 5 am when still most of the people are in bed and the other reason is to capture those morning dew on those lovely flowers and petals. This would be the only time you can grab the flowers with out any human interference in the camera frame.

Let me see whether i could able to keep up my record of not missing the flower show this year too.

These were some of the pictures captured in last year flower show 2008.