Welcome to 19th Edition of “Shadow Dancing
With Mind”. This Edition has the following topics.
FEATURE:
A place where I feature some of the books that I have read recently and share
some thoughts that has touched me deeply...
Paul
Brunton - The man who brought the best to the west: the Secret Path
It’s an interesting book which
gives a simple path of attaining many powerful things through the power of
Meditations. According to Joscelyn
Godwin, "...Since discovering Brunton's work in the 1960's I
have found no reason to discard their philosophical principles."
It’s a very interesting and
engrossing book which talks about the man and his emotions... in the words of
Zarathustra; sometimes teaching, sometimes scolding, sometimes just feeling sad
the way the man has belittled himself... He talks about the higher man... which
to my thought is not very different than the commonly perceived ‘God’... and
that is the irony I find in this book.
DESIGN STREET:
Sharing some of legends of
design and their work and interesting aspects of their activities...
Charles
and Ray Eames were American designers, who worked and made
major contributions to modern architecture and furniture designs. Eames chair
and Lounge chair with Ottoman, has become one of the iconic furniture in modern
times. In this feature, I am going to take you on a journey to this legendary
genius’s less known creative side, which was his passion for photography.
For many months, I was
trying to find the most suitable way to decide upon and feature at my blog last
decade’s top architect of the year, when I stumbled upon "The Pritzker
Architecture Prize" considered to be Architecture's Noble Prize. So finally,
I am rolling out top ten architects from across world for the last decade (2001
– 2010)...
TALKING POINT:
The recent buzz, landmarks and
activities that has caught my attention...
21st September is Leonard Cohen's
birthday. An amazing song writer and what a lovely voice. Interestingly he is a
Jew who practices Zen Buddhism, having spent several years in
Buddhist Monastery, as well as carries a persona associated with
mysticism.
23rd September is death
anniversary of an amazing poet Pablo Neruda - In 1971 Neruda won the Nobel
Prize for Literature. Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez once called him
"the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language." Neruda
always wrote in green ink as it was his personal color of hope. The poetry
below is the most fitting tribute to this great writer...
STILL LIFE:
This is the place where I combine my passion for Photography and happenings
around me...
This Still life is about my
journey among the creative artists of early 20th Century with
focus on Secessionist Movement. Below you will see what I found interesting and
some of the paintings that touched me deeply in my recent visit to Vienna as
well as the world’s costliest painting ever sold, breaking Picasso’s record...
Hope you feel the energy
vibrations of Goddess Kali of Dakshineshwar, one of the most powerful temple of
Goddess Durga Ji, in India as well as find the pleasure from my impressions
from this year’s celebrations of Navratri / Durga Puja celebrations organised
by Dakshini Society at Chennai...
WHISPERS:
A place where I share some of my Haiku, poetry and verses...
Some of my Haiku (To
know my thoughts about this beautiful form of poetry, click
here...) and then one long verse “Butterfly” as usual about Love and
Loss. The Butterfly I have had written for a competition and was one of the
finalist to be published in last year Oct. I personally like this one as its
about a small little girl, Kalina, who is on sick bed and have one window, her
only connection to the world outside.
On 15th Sept, is the day, when Alfred Tennyson’s very
close friend Arthur Hallam died in Vienna (at the age of 22) in year 1833.
Arthur Hallam was also engaged to marry Tennyson’s sister Emily at that time.
This affected both of them greatly and Tennyson was too upset to attend
Hallam’s funeral and he never forgot his closest friend. The poem, part of
which is posted in the last part of the post, “In Memoriam A H H” begins at
Hallam’s funeral as starting point and Tennyson’s another sister Cecilia’s
marriage as its end. Though, as Tennyson himself wrote about this poem, “It is
rather the cry of the whole of human race than mine. In the poem, altogether
private grief swells out into thought of, and hope for, the whole world.”
Another set of Haiku and Poetry
based on the theme of Poetry Group that I am hosting...
Hope you will enjoy this
edition... look forward to your comments and visit to the next Edition...
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Shashi @ Oct 2011
जय दुर्गा जी, जय काली माँ
Jai Durga Ji, Jai Kali Ma
