Restore Recover : Recycle!!

 

Except for the orange beads, the yellow neckpiece i made

entirely out of paper from old magazines

 

I made these(above and below) stringing together

pieces from a potpourri of other broken or

dilapidated neckpieces of mine, that i redid with paint 

and wire, and cowrie shells.

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty // Bloggers Unite

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty // Bloggers Unite

WHATS THE FREAKING HURRY?!!!

Some days, I feel like the world around me is a dark scary jungle. Like its some grand finale of a circus and we animals have very little time to show our act . We have to reign supreme to survive . Even if it is at the cost of preying on each other. But to use such a metaphor would be demeaning to animals considering how harmoniously they co exist in organized synchrony , within themselves and with nature.
Every day I inadvertently witness these little incidents, situations, whatever one may call it, that subtly(sometimes not so subtly) jostle my conscience. Road rage for example. There is not a single driver on the road who isn't in a hurry to get ahead. Only one in fifteen people will stop to let some cross the road. There is always a throng of people huddled up around a collision or crash site staring brazenly. But most of them are there to be a part of all the action .Ask for help and the number of these voyeuristic spectators starts dwindling rapidly. And god help you if you happen to ,even if its by an unavoidable mistake, irk someone by cutting them or overtaking them or something of the sort!! The looks and hoots you get are intense enough to drive you to the brink of depression. I try my best to do whatever little I can to help appease this madness but that does nothing to placate me when I go through one of my "What's the world coming to?" spells . But I keep on doing so even if it is only for the selfish satisfaction I get out of it.

What i thought of "Paltadacho Munis"

Yesterday i watched my first konkani movie ever and fortunately for me it was the most appropriate introductory platform i could have asked for. It was about a forest ranger who lives alone and leads a plain life dutifully watching over the vast forest for trespassers trying to steal wood. Each day is identical to the next and the pattern to his life is consistent for the most part.Sometimes, when home, his solitude is allayed by mementos and memories of a time in the past when his wife was alive.He has a little box with a few old and tattered belongings of his wife which he values like a treasure trove. In the course of his rigmarole life this mentally challenged vagabond woman strays into his turf and becomes quite territorial  about it. He tries a lot to kick her out but his attempts are thwarted by her relentless free spirit that refuses to be curbed. He finally resignedly accepts her presence and they co exist peacefully for a while. But this lasts only till the characteristic human need for affection surfaces and they reach out for each other. Over time he manages to tame her wild spirit  and develops a peculiar equation with her. Here again , carnal human instincts come to play and their equation intensifies into intimacy and she bears him a child..  This forest ranger, Vinayak, lives across the bridge which is what the name of the movie "paltadacho munis" means. While all this is happening on one side of the bridge the villagers on the other side are incensed when word reaches them. Their puritanical ideologies and orthodox thinking, unmitigated by the lack of education, compels them to think of the forest rangers actions as taboo and thereupon take action against it. This situation is a quintessential example of how social atrocities can penetrate the most far removed places. In the end, the only way in which Vinayak can keep his family safe from the villagers is by isolating them and severing all ties with society.He does this by breaking off his side of the wooden bridge  that joins his world to the village. If its not implicitly obvious as yet, i thought it was a brilliant film and loved it.

My bottles with wire and sequence work