I have
dedicated links to all forms of art, my outlook has been secular, I have great
appreciation towards temples, mosques or any other form of art work.
Temples of
various regions at various times are a snap shot of art prevalent in those
eras, I have great respect for the people involved in the art work.
Forms of
art I take interest in are stone carvings, clay modeling, wooden sculpture, paintings
on canvas.
Even at my
home, my walls are filled with stain glass paintings, photography of nature and
framed paintings on paper and metal.
Art work
made out of moulds too fill the ambiance of my home, my home is an example of
the involvement I have with art forms,
I have
paintings right from abstract art, modern art, faces, to nature.
When I describe
myself, other than my extrovert disposition and my optimistic nature, the next
two things I talk about is that am an art and nature lover.
I have visited
the Singapore national museum and I did it on my own, the reason being, I take
my own time reading each and everything, analyzing them, listening to the
entire audio file,
I have
been to the Peranakan museum and the Changi Chapel museum, each time I would
repeat my habits, whether India, Dubai or anywhere else, a regular person would
sift through the pictures, idols, audios if any within no time.
If a regular
person took about one & half hour to finish the course, I would take the entire
day.
I took one
full day to finish just the food, art and history sections of the National museum,
in which I did not cover the basement due to time constraints.
The regular
complaint people have about me is that I take way too much time on these
aspects to observing and studying these artifacts, nowadays I issue a warning,
that it is best am left alone while doing these trips.
I carry
food & water, step out, finish my meal and go back, I used to take down
notes too. In India, the state of Kerala, Wayanad district, there are Eddakal
caves, photography is not allowed in such places. I went to the extent of replicating
these.
I was
happy to see the images on the web, it was on a person’s blog, I wrote my
comments about these bronze age hieroglyphics, calligraphy and art.
As a
linguist I tried my attempt of deciphering the script called Tamil-Bramhi and
the script that was seen on the Singapore stone.
My take on
what is written on the Singapore stone is that, the language might be related
to ancient Khmer script, Lao
script, Burmese script, Karen language script.
I have a
collection of paintings and running short of walls at home. I spend hours
together watching the Incas, Mayas & Egyptian temples on National
Geographic, History Channel, Discovery and BBC.
Even as I go
for trekking I stop and admire the wealth of culture we have.
Even as I go
for trekking I stop and admire the wealth of culture we have.
