Friday, November 6, 2009

Tamas

Have you ever associated the moments with pictures/music. I realized i do. If some song reminds me of the peaceful glance at the Ulsoor lake early in the morning from a window of TCS bus, some other reminds me of the much awaited power-cuts and the anthakshari time with my siblings. If songs from soothing voice of Rafi saab remind me of singing along with a friend of mine, sufi binds me together with an alter ego. I believe that our mind is synonymous to a camera and our eyes are its lens. I capture the places and the moments. They stay within me and float around me, sometimes i wish to forget, sometimes i cherish, but neverthless they stay.
I remember crossing a bridge in Nisargadama with a tall lady singing old melodies, i remember sitting on the footboard of a bus enroute a trip discussing about life with a  couple of friends. I remember walking besides my father pacing up to his speed, staring at the wonderful treetops along the Nadkalappa road. I cherish the tinkling sound of my mother's anklets when she arrives home back from office. India to US, Delaware to California, Philadelphia , NY, flagstaff, Tempe... everything is associated with a picture in my mind.
I remember my first pair of dancing bells and scribbling my name on the leather behind( in telugu :) in green sketch pen !!) And i wonder how i do not remember things which i have studied last week or the things which would be "Must-do"s in my list. Is it the interest that captures our attention, that makes us remember songs, associate pictures ! I remember a bread factory near my house and the lip-smacking smell from it during the evenings, on my way back from school. This was years ago. I wonder again.

I satiate my qwest saying answer lies in the interest, sometimes i ignore it in wonder.


5 comments:

  1. "I believe that our mind is synonymous to a camera and our eyes are its lens. I capture the places and the moments. They stay within me and float around me, sometimes i wish to forget, sometimes i cherish, but neverthless they stay."

    Simply superb sowmya... :) awesome way to put things... blogs are becoming more intense and rich in content and thought!
    way to go... :)

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  2. Its amazing isnt it,the way we associate so many things with so many different people,be it a song or a pic or a place or a saying.....We would have evn forgotten those people/events,but then someday when we are passing by,we see something and it all comes back

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  3. perfectly put!!!!!!!
    it really is a wonder as to how our brain absorbs only that which we like...wish it was very much the same with all the things that we study

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  4. Sometimes rather most of the time ppl remember because they relate that moment to something special, something they love or hate at that moment. We do remember so many things even if we are not interested, but can relate events to something we like :)

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  5. @Satish : Makes sense, i think most of the times it is the involuntary activity within that relates things... touched to see your comment :)
    @kar : Welcome to the club :)

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