Appreciation of Art

How do I start this post...? For want of better words I quote Madura:

I am clueless when it comes to art. I think I dont hate them. I just dont know what to be excited about. Yes I hold many a guilt for showing fake excitement over a painting which didnt make any sense to me. Picasso could be a classic example, if not MF Hussein.

Very much true for me too.

But recently something has happened to my art appreciation longing. First it was in the art Museum in the middle of Mumbai, a MF Hussein painting, suddenly revealed itself to me. It made complete sense. ...

Madura goes on to describe her experience (joy) of discovering the language of artists in her usual honest manner in her post, Learning to appreciate art. I'd call it poetry in prose.

I remembered that Brownie had written a post on Appreciation of Poetry quite some time back. Poetry being akin to Art, prompted me to dig this post out and link it here. This post was, in The Brownie's inimitable style, about what constitutes good poetry.

I quote again:

I was reading Gokulam in the loo.

I then came upon this poem titled 'My Neighbour'. It was all about a lady called Mrs.Brown who seemed to be a wonderful person. The sole ambition of Mrs.Brown's life it seemed, was to feed pastries and cakes all day and all night to the poet.

Will I ever be able to grow-up to appreciate the finer things in life? Only time can tell.
Happy weekend! :)

On Becoming a Child

Childhood - ah that lovely phase of life, when we flitted like butterflies, without a care in the world...

Don't we all yearn for it? On hindsight everything looks so beautiful.. sigh.

The Brownie, doesn't seem to suffer from such illusions. Here's her rocker of a post On Becoming A Child.

Dusty trophy - Interesting Conversation

Barath has an interesting perspective on winning trophies - Meer and Naeem in: My Girl ... My Dusty Trophy?. Is that what happens with all that we desire and acquire? Find out.
PS: Reminds me of Ammani's quick tales and Itchy's - Factual Fiction series.
Credits to Dhananjai and Hrushita.

Sidin has relocated

Sidin is pretty well-known in the Indian bloghopper's circuit. I chanced upon him in my early bloghopping days, when I read Sidin’s guide to the greatest Indian cricketers of all time especially that period between 4 and 6 pm last week. I was hooked.

Reading his profile raises the green monster in me - I wonder how these guys/gals do it? (This is a rather long list of accomplished people I've come across during my travels in blogworld).

He was then posting on blogspot. Recently, he has moved over to Wordpress. He can be read at Domain Maximus. Except for the location change, he remains the same as before. Go through his blog on a leisurely weekend and have fun.

And all the best Sidin.