Evening at Zambezi River, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, May 2015
and so does everything around... the situation, the people, the perspective, the needs.... and we too change.... the wise and courageous seek change.. because only change is constant!

Saturday, March 16, 2013

192. Painting


I am visiting his office after a long time.
The room looks cleaner and beautiful.
There is a new painting on the wall.
It is enchanting.

He is happy to note that it has attracted my attention. 
I ask him about the painting.
For half an hour he elaborates – the artist, the other paintings, and the exhibition.        
With love, with enthusiasm that is uncharacteristic of him.

I keep on wondering.
If he likes the painting so much, why is it at his back?
Is it a process that helps to show him in a different light?

Is he ‘Painting’ himself?  

(This is a Drabble.)

Sunday, March 3, 2013

191. Twinning

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The twins come from that indescribable core,
Beyond darkness and light.

One  moves amongst people;
Covers itself with different passions;
It wears colors, masks, sips the emotions;
Takes positions, assumes thoughts;
It presents itself in an exciting manner;
People are more comfortable with It.

The other observes relentlessly.
It does all that the first one does.
It flows and maintains its identity.
It is naked.  It stares calmly.
So it never attracts human beings.
 It frightens.
One always feels strange to face it.

For ages they say: truth is stranger than fiction.
Indeed it is.
The Twinning seems ridiculously insane.

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(This is a Drabble.)
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