12.22.2009

I See, I Feel, I Am

These days emotions are more fluid. The other day an emotional scene in a Hindi movie had the tears flowing freely down the cheeks. You'd probably laugh if I tell you the movie name but that's not the point here. I am getting more in tune with the colours & hues, low notes, food tastes better, am learning to cook, paying undivided attention to health and even taking a stab at understanding the boss. I laugh like a banshee. At times the body trembles to certain songs, the heart aches seeing small kids begging on the road and the mind is sing-song deep during prayer. The rage is complete too. It's no more a half hearted attempt to let loose the confines of my mind. It's full savagery but in complete control. It's also aware of desires entering the body even before they become complete thoughts and eventually actions. In short, the living's getting better.

Eye of the Tiger

The creativity unleashed by an artist in full flow can be spell binding and deadly to the open heart. It can complete he who is ready to receive. I was at a gallery looking at some paintings and something caught my eye. It was a single eye. Painted half lidded like a lizard's in the sun. Gold rust occupied the rest of the canvas with a thin brown frame. The impression was extremely provocative and hypnotic. To me. The hair on my nape rose and I felt a warm glow suffuse the base of my neck and spread to my ears. It went right to the top of my head. I was entranced completely. I don't know how long I looked at it but when I came out of it, I had tears in my eyes. When you are listening to the right kind of music, it makes you want to get up and dance. The right composition of notes stirs the energies within you in tandem. The painting did that to me. I rushed home in my tee and shorts to get my wallet and credit cards but guess what? In 25 minutes, it was gone. The wall stood empty as if it never existed. I wondered if it was a figment of my imagination but when I closed my eyes, it was still there. It still is.