Quarantining in Montreal

  ... Landed in Montreal on 6 August 20.In these Covid times, Quarantining is imperative for safe survival for all, so went for it straight a's as a prerequisite to subnormal life that all of us are experiencing...

By the way I enjoyed my Quarantine, aise bhee log hain😎 ...  Before coming to Canada I had asked my daughter to order for me 24"×48" canvas and acrylic colours for a pre-decided painting as a present for them... Had discussed the technique with my mentor-teacher was all set for a purposeful and output oriented Quarantine ...kabhi suna hai🥳... So in the Studio apartment that has been rented-in for me, my daughter send me my things procured by her and what do I see 20 cm× 25 cm  canvas... shocked I was ...how our  children underestimate our capacities!!! ...even we did😅in our own times!!!  What could I say ...was at her mercy!!! but Being the mother that I am,  told her I needed the size I had communicated to her and so the reorder happened . 

At least shades of acrylic colours seemed to be bright and inviting...

The challenges had begun. The beautiful paintings that my mentor-teacher had posted were beckoning me ... Believe me ,the motivation was so high...NO JETLAG. I sat down to paint the very next morning ... composed some elements and opened the colours and as I doled out some bright yellow ( my favourite) on the canvas after application it changed into pale yellow as if ... suffering from fever....all the colours turned into chameleon on the canvas I being what I am ... don't give in easily applied layers after layers  (upto 5 layers in some places) but like me even the colours did not give up their attitude...So eventually I decided to move on...to other options

 The nature around me was a Maple tree, visible from my backyard windows washed with rain its canopies shimmered like gold...this was a sight to behold while still waking to the world. Everyday waking up was no less than a dream soaking in the view with steaming cup of tea with lilting music in the background...

Cooking became a newly found passion.... trying to cook in limited space with lots of time...new rules of the game needed to be framed for the single player in the field.. creativity was again at Test...got smashed like a fly...

Oh !!! that reminds me of a fly which entered into my then abode with out invitation and fiendishly legged on my nose ,eyes ..preferred my face whenever I was meditating.This happened for  three days straight, exasperated I took it upon myself to guide it out of the room. Time I had unlimited but patience had to be stockpiled for its successful ouster.  Waited for hours on end fortfor it to sit on the mesh door,and as soon as it did I lunged forward , trapped it with flexibility between the curtain and the mesh door and slowly released it to its outside world.... literally celebrated this success with Hungry Buddha's coconut water...

Unlimited time opened the vistas to explore the music of silence, feeling with nature, finding joy and contentment in going to the mere basics...as our forefathers existed,in simplicity and gratitude...

Thanks for your time...


Comments

  1. chitra guptaAugust 29, 2020 at 6:36 PM

    Beautiful narration of. The quarantine period.

    ReplyDelete
  2. KaustubhSeptember 1, 2020 at 12:32 PM

    Nice amazing.. beautiful explanation

    ReplyDelete
  3. LakshmiSeptember 1, 2020 at 1:14 PM

    What a beautiful narration! You are into the most beautiful phase of life where you get time for yourself to enjoy things around you. Please keep posting...

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

It's all in the timing ...!

Image
 I go for my walks regularly, almost religiously but in the morning as it is peaceful hence rejuvenating. But the inclement rains have successfully breached this walk routine...skies  pour down and then what you get to experience is a lake like situation in which to venture out  is like hens trying to walk in a pond...!! I decided to reinvent my walk routine...and on the spur of moment wore my shoes, just after having consumed my lunch and took off to a forest area in my vicinity... It turned out be absolutely a novel and an eye-opening but also a refreshing experience..!! As I entered and reached a little deep into the forest, on to the walking tracks ...it was quite still  and quiet, walking on  mesmerized by the silence, I waited for  some nature's sounds . The silence was almost absolute - so much so that I could hear my own footfalls ... disquieting !!! Very occas...
Read more

CHALO ...for Breakfast

Image
 As winters onset, it takes a little mental cajoling to get the body out of the bed and out for morning walks...I still manage my  wintery - blues 😅,not bad for a person who has seen six decades- sixty cycles of all seasons .. but 😊 am still not weathered down...!!! Post Diwali morning it was largely peaceful on the roads for want of traffic, the air was relatively fresh with a feel of gentle wind like when swinging on a hammock. Branches of trees were swaying as if resonating with the rythm. Golden sunrays filtering through the branches and canopies.... glowing amd shimmering as they lit up the ground !! what a sight to behold accompanied with gleeful chirpings of  birds and occasional sounds by squirrel and peacocks and peahens.  In the forest that i go for walks i slightly change my route as it saves me from monotony. Also you see nature at dif...
Read more

'The Feet👣' - up in arms with -'The Face🤗'

Image
The feets were all in knots,  Of the aged,and of the tiny tots. Had been Disgruntled for so long !... that they were not getting their due- care;  As the face was delicately looked-after, with undue dainty- care.   Raised slogans for awareness - 'give us our due, at least'. Filed a case of abuse at Head- judge's court, feeling stifled and unappeased. The case was rostered to be heard , each to argue his own. Both appeared in court-gown, to tear each other down. Head-judge (The♥️) with gavel took the chair, called for argument one on one. Intently listening, all-sanguine before passing verdict on who had won... 👣My Lord, am sick, tired and feel crushed under  the body's weight  🤗To put me up and you... down, My Lord was God's plan!!!...that's his fate. 👣  Caged, suffocated  I feel...Covered with shoes all day long ;  Face caressed by sunlight, wind; is all creamed, washed umpteen times 🤗 am the identity !!! You walk on the ground, so are c...
Read more