Water Lilies. Monet painted water lilies probably more than any other subject. These were one of his favorite subject, and close by; the pond in his home at Giverny gave him an always available muse. The striking colors, the sky reflected in the still waters, an image is created of a world separate from the one surrounding us. The close crop again serves to cut-off everything else and creates this mini-universe of peace and tranquility and beauty. Sure there are weeds too for no world is without those. But for some moments this painting becomes a quiet corner barely touched by whatever surrounds it; even the intruding sky is quiet out of respect.
So that was my tour of Monet’s works! I hope some of you who took the journey with me enjoyed it! There are a couple of more pictures from the Fondation coming up! 🙂
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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.
hbhatnagar 
I love this picture. Thank you so much for posting it. We have also run several articles on Monet & Impressionism on our blog. You can check them out and give me your comments.
I am more than happy to learn from you and share knowledge with you 🙂
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Posted by Parkstone International | 23/10/2017, 1:12 PMThank you for the compliment. I’ll definitely check out Monet and Impressionism on your blog. ☺️
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 23/10/2017, 3:44 PMI LOVE this one. I used to go to a doctor who had a copy of this in his office. Just gorgeous! 💝
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Posted by AmyRose🌹 | 06/07/2017, 1:53 AMIt is beautiful. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/07/2017, 6:07 AMI have enjoyed the series so much and was afraid the end of the journey coming. Thank you so much, Dr. Hb!
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Posted by Amy | 05/07/2017, 7:56 PMIt was wonderful for me to relive those experiences and share them with you Amy! 🙂
(as an aside, I need a small favor from you, if you could drop me a line on my email id – himanshubhatnagar@gmail.com. I hope you don’t mind me asking, but i you are at all offended, I am sorry. :))
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/07/2017, 10:24 PMNot at all… but the gmail.com you sent to me, it shows “page not fund” .
I just flew back from CA. Sorry for the delay.
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Posted by Amy | 06/07/2017, 6:07 AMThank you, and that’s odd; it’s my primary id…
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/07/2017, 6:08 AMI clicked the link you sent me.
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Posted by Amy | 06/07/2017, 6:09 AMShould I go to gmail?
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Posted by Amy | 06/07/2017, 6:11 AMSorry for all the cloak and dagger stuff, I’ll just ask it here. 🙂
Could I have your permission to use the posts we have worked on together for another purpose? I’m building another blog for a slightly more professional purpose and wanted to highlight some of my writings. A couple of poems I’ve written inspired by your pics would go great there so I would be grateful if you would be ok with my using your pictures in those posts for a semi-commercial purpose. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/07/2017, 6:17 AMOf course, Dr. Hb! All I did was adding a few photos. It’s yours. 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 06/07/2017, 6:21 AMThank you so much Amy! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/07/2017, 6:41 AMHappy you can use it. 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 06/07/2017, 6:48 AMFeel free to use those comments. So many followers really loved your poems. 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 06/07/2017, 6:28 AM