Madness of ART


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Longest Marriage

Cinema, we all know is a medium of expression, story telling, entertainment, and at the same time an art. Today let’s see it in a different light, which we all know but seldom acknowledge, and in the process unravel a few of its attributes: It all began with the invention of “ Kinetoscope ” by Thomas Edison in 1888 (mind it I am not talking about the bulb!!). Kinetoscope was a device which could record motion* on a photosensitive film. But it was too bulky to be carried to a location. Hence the performers (dancers, musicians or magicians) had to come in front of it to get shot on film. Quite contrary to what happens today, when the cameras have become so lightweight and small that they can be accommodated in a ladies purse. Another drawback of the Kinetoscope was that it couldn’t project the very film it had shot. So, a different device had to be used for that purpose and hence addition cost. Edison gave up on his invention too soon, not knowing what he had invented. With the inve...
Read more

CREATIVITY AT ITS PINNACLE

In respect of the stuff going on at our college, I had stopped writing. But it seems someone up there (or down here) doesn’t want to let me forget or even get distant from the art of writing, lest I loose my knack. I hope all my creative writing abilities are not lost in writing the exams. Some analysis: WARNING: Bear with me I might have lost it. 13 EXAMS, 6 DAYS, 200 STUDENTS DOWN. 23 BEHIND ENEMY LINES, they will be found haunted by our ghosts and brought down. And there will be “ NO WHITE FLAG ” Day 1: I loved the exams. I didn’t study a thing, still wrote all questions. ( who told you to write the question, we were supposed to write answers ) Day 2: I really am creative, just couldn’t stop writing. Day 3: I can really think out of the box. Wow!! Day 4: Disillusioned!! Are they trying to make me a writer. Day 5: My creativity is getting exhausted. Day 6: My box is on fire. ( Don’t worry you won’t need it for another 5 months ) My favorite questions: Q. When we communicate we...
Read more

The Leftist

As I entered the class room at SIMC, without making a conscious decision I sat on the benches on the left hand side of the lecture room. For the next lecture we had to go to some other class, there also the same thing happened; I sat on the benches on the left hand side. This went on from lecture to lecture and from day to day, until one day when I took notice of this fact that I had developed a comfort zone of being a leftist. Further I found that I almost sat on more or less the same bench. Anyways this is not the whole point. The matter of the fact is that we happen to make a comfort zone around us and then stay in that for as long as possible. Breaking away from it is like the nastiest thing that can happen to us. But I have realized that we miss on a lot of things that can only be seen if we change our perspective and dare to break away. In my case, I gradually changed my seat to the center of the class and then went to the right hand side. Also I tried being a front bencher and s...
Read more