He sat there on as trains rushed by. On the platform of a busy Jamshedpur station. His craft at his feet. His rustic look keeping him company long after the train had left!
He stared a vacant stare. He didn’t speak much as my eyes met his.
As I looked at what he had to sell, crafted stone, I realised he spoke more with his hands.
(at Tatanagar)
Swabs of cotton, clothesline clips and a palette of colours. In the hands of kids, that’s all it took for magic to happen!
Engrossed kids. Sans TV. Sans tablets. Sans all digital devices. Such creative play with imagination.
All it takes is the belief in kids and some energetic play in their world. It is incredible what happens when we believe in the magic that lies within our kids.
Yes. Magic. That’s THE word!
(at Bangkok, Thailand)
The cathedral is huge. As I walk towards it, it seems to peep at me between concrete and glass in the elegant Brussels.
Suddenly I am upon it. It is a massive structure. Built in the 11th and 12th centuries. And later on embellished and rebuilt through the 15-16 centuries.
It stands tall, majestic and against the autumn air, with a bit of a brusque pride.
I walk on, climbing many stairs and two giant doors appear. I look on closely at the door and click a picture.
The picture that you see. A part of the doors of the cathedral. Just one part, zoomed in.
It is both ornate and simple. Intricate and elegant. I stare at it for a while. The massiveness of the structure is subsumed by the elegance of the door.
I learnt the lesson long ago. Large structures by themselves aren’t glorious structures. It is when you add many perfect structures that can be independently glorious, do you get a large glorious structure.
Perfection is not about size. Art, design and glory takes many year of work. Hard work. .
#travel #traveller #instatravel #instapassport #blogger #travelblogger # blogging #travelinsights #traveladdict #traveltheworld #brussels #cathedral #Europe #EU #artandculture #architecture #perfect #perfection #Belgium #love #work #workethic (at The Cathedral Of St. Michel And St. Gudula)
Some people stand tall. For generations. They move from being physical entities to entities in the mind. Perhaps standing for far more than what they stood for, when they were alive.
Definitely far more than what a mere statue can do. But a good statue is not a ‘mere’ statue 🙂 #charlesdegaulle #Paris #statue #art #artandculture ##France #Europe #EU #travel #travelblogger #travelblogging #memory (at Paris, France)