exploring the world

Had a wonderful oppurtunity to visit the Museum of Fine Arts couple of weeks back. The Oil on Canvas paintings made during the renaissance era, the sculptures of Rome, the various portrayals of the Virgin, the Pyramids of Egypt and the masks of Africans were spectacular to say the least. Now I can confidently say that I have picked up a thing or two about art and architecture. For example, the mummies - I can differentiate between the mummy of a regal deceased vis-a-vis any other rich person;how the mummifying process transcended after romans captured egypt etc.
Last week, I also had another oppurtunity to tour the DC. We were fortunate to get into the Whitehouse gardens - the tulips were breathstaking and we could still spot a cherry blossom or two though most of the blossom was gone when we reached the DC. I had a lot of deja vu looking at the various memorials since the memorials reminded me of many other buildings that I have seen. Generally speaking, a lot of memorials and other buildings in DC and New York have hevily borrowed from the Greek Parthenon (with its doric / ionic / corinthean columns). Jefferson's memorial is a pantheon domed one; Lincoln's is a doric temple...Wish I need to re-read The fountainhead -just concentrating on the architecture part and cutting the objectivism crap.

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Prakash Raj's interview in Koffee with Anu

"My Mom is a beautiful lady. she has taught me never to be afraid of anything. She has sacrificed so much for me..In my next birth, I want to have her as my wife"
Thus spake Prakash Raj, in his interview in Vijay TV (I watched a youtube version of it)..I was thrown back by his words..I mean, how much a would man have understood his mother's love, pain and sacrifice that he says " Adutha Jenmathila ava en pondatiya varanumnu solluven". A man who wants to make good cinema, wants to bring out the talents in others, has helped so many people to realize their dreams and who is untouched by the fear of social acceptance (the above-mentioned quote itself stands as a testimony for that) - hats off, Prakash !

BTW, his regular column in Anandha Vikatan is a feast to one's thoughts and emotions.. While I feel that Katradhum Petradhum is becoming more clinical and a bit arrogant at times, my reading order has naturally shuffled and has made Prakash's column the first prioirty for reading these days...

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Wiki -ing all the way

Do you love to travel and like getting lost while treading along the road and enjoying the scenic beauty of nature? I get the same feeling when I use wikipedia...Through a series of clicks across pages, I have ended up reading many interesting articles. Some of the recent topics I covered, include: Audrey Hepburn, Psycho, Boston, Penguins, Hawaii, Shirley Temple, Joseph of Arimathea, gothic architecture..
Information, which was not so easily available and accessible sometime back, is gushing out to reach us...Simply fascinating !

Will shortly write about the Museum of Fine Arts and Old South Church that I visted over the weekend.

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