LiTtLe jOyS ...

It was a pretty long time that I went to Eat Street; I don’t even remember when it was last. A friend invited some of our friends for a get together. Had a good time that evening. Were about to leave and came out for see offs to each other. There was a soap bubble vendor, it was pretty long time that I blew soap bubbles and tried to catch them in air. Suddenly I started to poke them in air as they passed me. Later we friends left, I came home.

A week later …

Wanted to paint something, as I got leisure time after many days and the mood was also building up. Took out my drawing board, an incomplete sketch was already clipped to it. It was a very old sketch which I left to paint but never finished. Somehow didn’t like it now, so erased it completely. Took a new A3 size drawing sheet and was thinking to paint a colorful one. Suddenly the soap bubbles came in mind and the idea behind it. So decided to do it.

And this is the result …

When I first showed this painting to my friends, I got some reviews. By those I understood that it’s important for me to explain this painting in my view. So decided to put up this in my blog and give a brief about it.
Starting with the idea of this painting I just wanted to express that how my memories were refreshed when I saw the soap bubbles. I used to make my own kit of soap bubbles, like I used to mix the shampoo in the water and then make a handle with a circle at the end. I used to make these handles with the iron/copper wires that I gathered from the crackers (sparkles) after crushing the burnt magnesium over them. I used to have fun! I even used to add ink to the soap water thinking I’ll get colored bubbles : ) he he. Coming to the person in the painting; I could have drawn myself in there without any hassle but I wanted to showcase a normal person who can be anyone in this busy world, having a little timeout for himself and enjoying the soap bubbles. Here soap bubbles are a persona of your little joys which are forgotten. I have all the memories of all my little joys with me; hope you people too have them.

Out of this topic; I always wondered about the message that a bubble can give us. “Pal mein jeevan, pal mein mruthyu.” Will try to write about this some other time.

Thank you, but i prefer lighter to cigarette.

Well this post is a result of my first post. My earlier post would have raised many a question that... Does he smoke??

Hmmm so before I clear your doubt regarding my smoking habit, let me tell u about the Lighter. It was invented by Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner in 1823 and an interesting fact is that it was invented before the match stick. So that's the history part of it, for more information Google. I feel any invention you name is great because that's the way you appreciate good things done by others.

Coming to me...

Lighter gives me a pride of holding the fire in my hand. I feel powerful having it with me, like the fire guy in the X-Men II. You can relate fire to many things, starting philosophically with life, showing light to the world, guiding the path in the dark, blah blah blah... Fire is mortal; it just comes from its source and vanishes in the air. There is no master for fire, HE who awakens it, owns it and possessing that Fire makes ME feel good.

I keep on playing with it when ever I feel like. It's one of my accessories when I move out of house. I show off to my friends, I feel it’s cool. Once when I went to Odyssey with my mom I saw some superb collection of Zippo lighters. I even asked mom to buy one for me and she got ready for that. I was like at last I would be having a Zippo in my pocket... yuppie! Till here the story was fine but as the sales guy unlocked the box and picked up the one I selected and spoke out... Four Thousand Sir! Hmmm... That went into my ears like an old record being played on a gramophone. What else! We walked back he he... will be having it soon.
And you know what my sister bought me from Mysore Infosys campus when she came back? A Lighter, it has a LED torch at the back of it... Cool. I have a collection of lighters, not a rich collection though.

I want to say some more that I never handed a lighter to a friend or a foe trying to light a cigarette beside me.
I am allergic to smoke but I don’t mind my friends take a puff on that fag by which they are inhaling smoke that contains chemicals found in insecticide, explosives and floor cleaner, Ant poison, nail polish remover, weed killer, self tanning lotion and aviation fuel. I just move out or turn for fresh air. I know they anyhow won’t care for what they do to themselves, so I care even less to warn them.

So, by now I hope I don’t have to make a point that I Don’t Smoke.

And these are my Lighters.(All the pictures posted in the blog are copyrighted to ME )

ignited...

Hello friends, well this is my first post. I have always been a read-friends-blogs guy, never thought i would start a blog of my own. Because i know i am not so good as a writer and didnt want people to hate me for that.

So...

After i got a digi cam, FUJIFILM S5700, which my sister gifted for my birthday, i thought i will fill up pictures in picasa or orkut with pics but later on got bored (not with photography yaar!) and could not express the words behind my pics and also wanted to share my views... so i opted the blog to do the same. And now i present you a blog which i ll be trying to make interesting (depending on my mood).

keep an eye on this! :)