I was extremely lucky that in the week I was in Basel, the Fondation Beyeler had an exhibition of some of Monet’s works. It was a privilege and a delight to be able to see his works up close. Museum policy forbade me from using my camera but I was able to use a friend’s point-and-shoot clicker to take these shots.
Impressionism is probably the last art movement that I can identify with and appreciate; cubism and the rest fail to move me. The ability to capture so much of the moment in their almost wild brush-strokes is sheer genius.
The Break-up of the Ice on the Seine at Vetheuil. The coming thaw, the water still cold and placid, still under the ice’s thrall; the sky however shows the changing weather – the subtle, warm hues tell me that summer is coming and the waters will flow again.
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I need to fill this up with much better content than I had populated it with earlier. Why I write a blog maybe? I started blogging in 2009 or thereabouts. I was a newly turned atheist and wanted to converse with others of the same persuasion. We're not exactly a big population group in India! It didn't go very well and I sort of lost interest, posting a few things now and then.
I got a lot more regular over the last few months and have been posting almost daily since February '15. There were many reasons why I gradually became more regular in posting, but one way or the other, here I am! So this blog has taken shape, being at different points in time my showcase, my comedy club, my art gallery, my book club, my therapist, my close friend, my innermost self....but always my little corner of the world. You are all welcome to visit and I hope you stay awhile!
A few points about me because I don't want to lead anyone on(and trust me this does become an issue more often than I'd care to admit).
I'm Indian, the brown-skinned variety; if race, ethnicity or skin colour is an issue, you don't have to get to know me any more than what you see on my blog.
I'm 40, so if age is an issue, please be informed accordingly.
I was a doctor, an ophthalmic surgeon for 10 years before I quit practice.
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Beautiful painting ..
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Posted by Julie@frogpondfarm | 21/06/2017, 2:20 AM🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 21/06/2017, 5:52 AM… water will flow again, well said about the break-up of the Ice of the painting. 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 15/06/2017, 7:55 PMWhat’s surprising is that I get the same visceral reaction looking at the pictures, now that I have seen the real thing. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 15/06/2017, 9:28 PM