Painting with water-colors is something I enjoy a lot.
The blend of colors by the use of an apt amount of water makes even a simple stroke, a masterstroke. Painting of sunrise at the ocean shore where initially you begin by efficient strokes of blue with black followed by yellow, orange, pink. The order might be any and even the colors but one thing that is impossible to skip is the use of water to create a perfect blend of all the strokes made on the sheet. Somewhere in between all this, you realize that even in one's life the strokes might seem not to be blend in the beginning but with time someone's affection or just a hand in your direction is going to blend certain strokes which might be standing out.
Who doesn't make errors? We ain't perfect. Are we? Just like in painting when a certain stroke or even the choice of color goes wrong, we patiently either try to reduce the intensity of stroke or make another stroke to overpower it. And that's life. In our lives, at places, we either try to erase someone's memories or just get ourselves too busy that our schedules overpower it. Needless to say, at a certain point we all are successful in whichever way we try to make that stroke blend with our little world.
Being an overthinker these thoughts were clouding my mind while I was busy utilizing the spare time in hand. Not even a single soul would deny that this was a slightly better way to utilize one's lockdown period during the coronavirus pandemic than being an obvious couch-potato.
These days one not only gets a chance to pursue hobbies or enhance knowledge but also tries to have much more understanding of our culture which amidst all these years of hustle has taken a back seat. We Indians surely have our schedules filled with the re-airing of Ramayana and Mahabharata. Even after everything, the pace of life has definitely slowed down but it hasn't stopped. Life goes on even in these tough times........
Things keep a person busy but with time there are certain thoughts in one's mind that crop up again and again about meeting that was shortened or was limited to a few hours.
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Before Nightfall
Short StoryRandom meeting of a person even for a few moments when compared to your whole life can lead to lingering thoughts forever. There are so many unanswered questions and bridges that might never be crossed. This whole short story is about a person comin...
