Wednesday, September 5, 2012

"The Whole life lies in the verb - seeing"

 
India Art Journal Aug 11,12, 13, 14 by Meera Rao.
 
The title of this post is a quote by De Chardin Teilhard.  And during my stay in India the past two months I am seeing the country with new sketching eyes, finding beauty and charm everywhere and in most all things. Some things are just beautiful anyway, like the flower garland door decorations (real or real looking plastic!) that I see on the doorways of most homes- different colors, different designs but they are all meant to welcome the family and visitors alike.
 
 I am growing fond of those fierce looking face masks on buildings and liking the sentiment of keeping evil away --somehow it makes sense as I read about nothing but conflicts all over the world.
 
The resourcefullness that I notice seems to extend to dogs as well - like the one I caught napping by the side of a turned over street-seller's cart.  I don't know if he was guarding the cart for the owner!
 
No bland oatmeal for breakfast either here - its curry and pepper or masala and coriander - that is if you are unlucky to be not feasting on the traditional  Idli or dosa or upma ;)  In a pinch though they do satisfy  the need for something fast and spicy!





6 comments:

Kathy Staicer said...

That must be a wonderful experience seeing with new sketching eyes. I am really enjoying your journal.

Meera Rao said...

Thank you, Kathy:) I am really enjoying the sketching!

B said...

love all your india journal entries Meera. its wonderful how u seeit all with new insights. love ur gond cow. you must get this london travel journal by bhajju shyam called the london jungle. the art and thoughts are awesome. waiting for more india posts from u

Meera Rao said...

B Thank you! and thanks for letting me know about the The book "London Jungle Book" by Bhajju Shyam - it is absolutely delightful from the bits and pieces I saw in the internet search --I actually spent the afternoon going thru various sites reading about it. amazon has only a few books on sale at collector's prices :( I will have to see how I can get my hands on one atleast to read and look at the illustrations!

padmaja said...

Your effort makes a great travel journal Meera, I know how hard it is to come up with such a result, recently I had been to Italy and my attempt stopped at the first page, but I remembered you at that moment and said wow, :-)

Meera Rao said...

Thank you Padmaja - you made my day :) Actually its been very theraputic for me and I am so glad to have persevered. Most of my trips until now I have struggled to keep a sketch book and have only had a page or two to show too ! Hope I can continue with this till the end of oct and fill up the journal. Making it really simple with four sketches per page and just recording, not worrying about anything else has definitely helped and made it easier to concentrate on filling a small square each day.

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