On the threshold of a new year
Reflections of a year past come by
to find a place on my memory shelf
My heart eagerly embraces the hope
the new dawns yet to come
Time paddles on
unmindful of many a
dawns and inevitable dusks
creating ripples that will jostle
for a place on my memory shelf
Another stroke of paddle
tells me to look around
enjoy the ride
‘cos it will be a memorable one.
Wishing you a happy, memorable New Year!
I was perusing some old photos today and came across photographs from Bhoomi Jathre held at Fireflies Ashram near Bangalore, India. This was a fantastic event held from dusk to dawn and with only word-of-mouth publicity. I went with Dada on the Yamaha RX-135 that Sukesh had lent me. Thanks to Sukesh, I was able to enjoy this event. Dada and I, both had a nice time enjoying quite a wide spectrum of music and dance performances. Looking at these photos that I have been hoarding for so long, I think I should share some photos from the evening.
These photos are from a dance performance called “Tale of a Tree” performed by the talented dancers from Shiri Dance Company. I wish I could credit the individual dancers but I do not know their individual names. I love the theatrical lighting on the dancers. All these photos are shot handheld without flash.
It was a pleasant surprise to see my photograph of Yuyi featured on the website of San Francisco Arts Commission.
Maybe one day, I will get a grant to pursue my photography projects too. 
Driving back from Lake Berryessa, I saw this beautiful oak tree shorn of the leaves. So, we decided to stop and invoke the spirits for all happiness everywhere. Here’s wishing all of you a very Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you all!
Driving on the road, my brother and I saw this group of horses on the hill.
My brother says -”wow brother! this is cool. You should take a picture of this. ”
And I want to stop too. So I ask - “Well, may I?”
W are on our way somewhere and I feel bad stopping in the middle.
So, I stop, take a few pictures and start back on the road. I am stopped at the traffic light when I see the horses running. The camera and the lens is still handy and I quickly shot three frames before the light turned green. I really wished I was not in the middle lane stopping the traffic.
I remember a poster I saw way back when in college which said - “To get the most out of life, paddle slowly.” Most of the times, it is not the destination but the journey that matters, don’t you think?
Saw the photoblog of Clay Enos and figured I could also use a blog to share random photos. Thanks Clay for the idea! Many of my friends have had blogs for a long while but I never thought of using it like Clay did. Well, better late than never.
So, I look forward to sharing photos with folks much quicker than I could before on my website. Here’s a detail of a church photographed two days back.
