Deepa and I have been looking for ways to reclaim portions of our lives and mind space. The kids are more independent now, and seem to want their own space. This suits us just fine, though initially we had some resistance.
Saturday 25th July, a nice rainy day, we went for a long drive downtown.
We began our evening at the Gallery of Modern Art, exhibiting a range of Sketches and Watercolours, as well as a large range of Tempera on cloth by artist Jamini Roy.
We began our tour of the exhibition in all seriousness, and making good effort to try to appeciate the work and avoid any plebeian remarks, This went on for about 10 minutes and then we read the artist's bio. Turns out Jamini is a man ! I had to go back and relook at many of the exhibits with fresh eyes....
Frankly I dont know what the fuss was about, and why he is celebrated so. I found most of the work rather dull and uninspiring save a few.
This Christ with Cross on some sort of Wicker Mat was interesting.
This one titled "Shringar" I think, generated a lot of interest from Deepa,
which I cannot go into here.
And this is a sample of a typical piece of work.
Go figure.
After the Museum we went off to have some Pizza at Pizza By The Bay. A Pizzeria with a lovely view of the sea at Marine Drive.
We sat inside [ warm and humid outside ], and enjoyed the view and
our overpriced food and coffee.
Sat by the sea side watching the waves, and feeling the spray as they smash against the breakers.
Some nice conversation and a sense of connection with the earth, sea, and humanity around us.
Back to Rustom's for some Parsi made Fruit flavoured ice-cream,
which Deepa enjoyed with some surprise.
It was a nice date. We must do this again sometime.
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