Wednesday, August 5, 2009

By the lake, and the birds that abound...


"Nakshatra - Malgudi Days - Indian Ocean.mp3" - EXT - The Jetty - 8:20am

At the jetty, one often sees things for the first time. What is till then a commoner to the eye gains in prominence, perhaps with the alignment of the stars, or the powers that be. In the midst of an existence punctuated by many things, many of which are beautiful indeed, scattered between the perfunctory, despondent and destructive, its a moment such as this, that lends direction to the artiste's stroke; to the poet's quill; to the Master's hand.

Coming to what it was that pounced on me with the nimble daintiness of a little pup...
As I sat there, gazing at the wonderously textured lake surface, there passed in the space above, a beautifully crafted bird. While such a sight when viewed through the naked air would be quite to write, what one gets through the laws of random reflection only adds volumes to it.

In that reflection of the creature's flight, one saw a life that wished to break out of the boundaries that the seeing, and unseeing eye had rendered to it. For in seeing one, others are necessarily un-seen. On the lake surface, lay a canvas where every wandering breath could live itself out, beyond the lines imposed on it by the hand of science, logic and intelligence. Never before, had a being, an object, a concept experienced such a space of untouchable freedom, to reach the very limits of its own conception of its meaning and purpose.

What led to this little revelation if of course unclear, and at best something essentially naught. But so it is with many of the things that matter most I guess.

Cheers duniya!

Edit PS: Pic credits go to Signor Nikhil C, with perhaps the best view in the entire campus! As always, the pic with the subject caught unawares captures so much! :)
Thanx da!

2 comments:

Nikhil C said...

When I wake up in the morning and open the door, I often see things for the first time..I thought initially that some one has lost interest in everything and was about to be put laked himself...then after some time I realized that a new artist is in the making pondering over a new idea ..and clicked that snap..But no mention to the person who captured the pic in ur post ;)

Justin said...

"Edit PS" stands added saare! :)
And yes, I stand flattered even before you type the first letter!

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(From South Park FAQ's)

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