SILENT MOMENTS

Sitting without a word expressed
Voiceless .......
But the thoughts so active - flying
Buzzing .......
Observing this soul - unagitated
Serene .......

Gardening yesterday.

Cutting grass at Semenyih
Worth two blisters
On the palm of my right hand
Gripping too hard
On the short full-metal scythe
An astonishing tool
That needs just a light grip
To fling the blade
For full circles of close cuts
Swishing cleanly
Barely scraping the hard soil
As in badminton
The racquet slicing the cork
Of the flying shuttle ...

54 going on 55

Turned 54 yesterday. But still feel like time is still.and I haven't aged .......
Looking back at the road travelled ....
Have not seen the years pass ....
Just turned a corner .....
Not a sharp turn .....
The start yet .....
Visible still .....
Memories ...
Fragrant ....
Fresh ....
Hmm ....

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Yesterday was Vinayagar Caturthi festival. Visited the Thokaiyadi Vinayagar Temple, the new building nearing completion. Met many former Cheras 2 1/2 mls folks. All the people I know are old and the newer generation has grown - presenting unfamiliar faces. Set me thinking back on the good old days - such a fertile plot for literature. Got to embark on my writing again.

The artist within this old journalist

yet uninitiated - a barren land

Untilled, awaiting the seeds?

The festering seeds - concealed

Without the gesture of an inviting plot.

A vicious cycle unbroken .....

My niece, J. Dhakshini, a second generation artist in our family chatting with me and my wife, Thevasaina who is an artist herself. (Thevasaina's painting forms the header for my blog.)
 Dhakshini who lives in Chennai, India has a bright future ahead as she has a rich imagination and is a keen observer.
On the wall in this picture, is one of Dhakshini's abstract/symbolic paintings that she unveiled at her first solo exhibition in Malaysia recently.
Through these young artists we see our Cheras Art Circle growing beyond the confines of  its roots at 2 1/2 mls Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

Hello there

Had gone missing for over four months. Glad to be back again.
Preparing to celebrate Sri Krishna Janmastami which falls tomorrow.