May 2015: What a time in NYC!! Great trip to the neighbouring city for my group show and also, the endless art galleries there! The familiarity makes things more endearing, Central Park is more pleasing, the streets friendlier.. May is not yet hot although still busy, the flows of yellow cabs are so unending! What different was the deafening noise: I had my earplugs on almost 24 hrs. Tourists flooded every major corners and streets. I spent a few hours admiring a small portion of the MET and another afternoon reserved for the Frick; disappointed the beautiful “Countess d’Haussonville” (Ingres) was temporary absent along with most Goyas in the back section. For artists, we cannot have enough of this city! The group show opening was well organised, upbeat with full attendance. I regret not having enough time to visit the new Whitney museum nearby but next time soon! what most wonderful was to see Rockefeller’s collection of Asmat totem poles. It was perfect for a course I am taking, for the kind and brilliant professor of the course (that’s you Mark!) . It was such a juxtapose to view the works. At once it is a privilege as we […]
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May 5, 2015 There’s something about Banff! Loving it more each time I return! What could be better than a chance encounter with a Grizzly on the last day of my sojourn? I’d spent some time in Lake Louise area and further up on the glaciers area towards Jasper so on the eve of my departure, it felt right to look at the mountain ranges in BC and there it was: casually walking on the edge of the highway, oblivious of the few gawkers and big trucks now gathering below for the photo ops. The ranger was already there moving his truck in tandem with the majestic animal to protect him/her from fearless gawkers. As I snapped away my photos and video, more cars pulled in and it became a spectacle. The ranger wasn’t pleased. The beautiful, golden furred creature eventually moved up to the higher hill and disappeared beyond it. Until we see one in its natural habitat, it’s nearly impossible to know how it feels, to be in his presence. It’s better than winning the lottery. The thick golden fur and the large size distinctively marked by the lump on his back… the slow, determined gait. The lift […]
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April 12, 2015 Has it been that long since I last wrote?? The passage of time is evident only with marks such as here on this site… one and a half years have passed since I had any leisure to pen a few lines. Much has happened and some events are even blurry now but here I am, sitting in the quietness of my small office space at home pondering about life in the past few years. The world news is not a nice happy topic if not downright depressing. I mourned the sudden loss of Nathan Cirillo, the senseless utter injustice and the cowardice act of cutting down a defenceless ceremonial symbol of our liberty and rights and to such a pure, beautiful young man was so gouging, for days I felt a deep sadness and a rage which had been subdued since my arrival in Canada long ago. It was significant because of the violation of the most sacred place in this country: at the tomb of the unknown soldier. A peace monument to remind us of the violent past. Then the turmoil in the Middle East where journalists and innocents were slaughtered. The atrocity in Boston, silencing […]
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