Friday, December 31, 2010

Divided by distances...


... gravitational and magnetic forces, unconnected, having no culture, having no life, only matter; guided, misdirected by forces out of its own volition or control; and yet, for the viewer, depending upon who it is, with enormous beauty and balance. Tranquil, beautifully balanced, and radiative.

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Update: Anonymous wrote:
Aahhhh such poise between the image and the text...

Perhaps that is THE CLUE to beauty, balance and harmony?

To be matter alone sans paraphernalia of consciousness.
But in the absence of conscious life who would appreciate such indestructible beauty?

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Bhai,

I am at a loss. Cannot think of anything to say......

love charu

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Matrimonial Bliss


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Update: Anonymous wrote:

Who is speaking ? who is listening?? True marital bliss
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Bhupen wrote:

I am on the right.
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I replied:

You are right.

Jokes apart, no one in the whole world even remotely would think that those clay clowns (actually one, photographed twice by double exposure with altered lighting in 1965) would connect with Bhupen-Charu, although, interestingly, everyone who has reacted to that posting has compared themselves and their marriages to that ludicrous photograph.

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Half-Formed Memory


MEMORY:
NOW PAINFULLY FAMILIAR
AND AGAIN NOT;
FLEETING ELUSIVE
BUT OBSESSIVE


DEFIES DEFINITION
STIFLES WORDS
RECOGNITION
BUT NOT YEARNING
THAT BECOMES A PAIN IN THE THROAT
A GROWING LUMP THAT IS
A HOLLOW MOUNTAIN OF CLOUD
BEFORE BURSTING
TO BLUR MY VISION
INTO UNCONTROLLABLE TORRENTS


MEMORY,
FOREVER PERSISTENT, FOREVER
DISSOLVING,
FOREVER
HALF-FORMED MEMORY


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Update: Anonymous wrote:

बस एक लौ काफी है
अंधेरे को निगलने के लिए
कोई एक उम्मीद मिल जाए
सजा ए उम्र झेलने के लिए

Sunday, December 05, 2010

Shard

Everything in the universe is breakable. This is knowable, however, only to a conscious, feeling mind. For human beings most importantly, relationships, possessions, formidable attitudes assumed as unwavering, etc. etc.  All are breakable, and in their wake they bring unbearable pain, anger, hatred, grief, loss.



Hum kyon shikwa karein jootha
Kya hua jo dil toota
Sheeshe ka khilona tha
Kuchh na kuchh to hona tha, hua

 Can one complain
When the heart breaks
A toy made of glass
Something has to happen
It breaks

(Hindi lyric by Anand Bakshi)

Friday, December 03, 2010

Fishy


Fishy can mean connected with or concerning or arising from a fish, apart from the smell; it can also mean suspect, rotten, corrupt, and several other things without any relation to fish. So, take this picture for instance. I could call it fishy and probably get away with it; but then actually it is the remnant of a scoop of strawberry ice cream. Now, if that is not fishy, what is?
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Update: Anonymous wrote:

Ah but if a cat were to find it and lick it up it would indeed, in the cat's consciousness, be equivalent to fishy.

Please dont spoil the game by reminding me that a cat has no consciousness. It has i assure you, only in catsworld it resides in the nose and tongue :)
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Charu said:

Bhai,
Aren't you being circuitous...ha..ha.ha!
You could have called it zebra and I would have believed you....!!!
love charu
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Anonymous said:

Peered from various angles and could`nt see the fishiness ( apologise if such a word does not exist) agree with charu on the zebraish train of thought...
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I replied:

That's why it is fishy: because of the uncertainty, and because of the doubt it provokes: is it an aquatic creature, skeletal leftover, part of a larger pattern and design? Is it edible? Is it venomous? The strawberry ice cream, the leftover of which it was, was certainly not fishy.

Joie de Vivre


1965