in high school our art teacher, Frank Wesley, taught us the Kangra Valley art form. One of the remarkable features of this art form is the incredible detail of nature: trees, plants, animals, birds, rivers, clouds, etc. Details of clothing, architecture and the human body also are incredibly detailed. Often these are miniatures yet a single loose strand of hair is captured if you look closely.
To explain the multiple pictures of plants on this blog post: in high school our art teacher, Frank Wesley, taught us the Kangra Valley art form. One of the remarkable features of this art form is the incredible detail of nature: trees, plants, animals, birds, rivers, clouds, etc. Details of clothing, architecture and the human body also are incredibly detailed. Often these are miniatures yet a single loose strand of hair is captured if you look closely. My heart resonates with this art because it captures my wonder with the abundance of the life that we all are richly given if we but just look around us and observe the subtle details.
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It was refreshing to get out of the heat, noise and pollution of the city and retreat to the hills around Mumbai for a day http://kdham.com/healthcare/ayurveda/ It is Swami Kuvalayananda, whose efforts are chiefly responsible for the worldwide spread of Yoga. It is due to his efforts that this ancient discipline of Yoga became more acceptable to modern mind, trained on scientific and rational guidelines. It is a fact that due to his scientific work, Yoga became more widely acceptable and accessible in the field of health & healing. had a wonderful full body massage at the naturopathy/ayurveda center Maharstrian Truck Sto[
Once again I am losing track of time. Let's see I think it is the end of Sunday here and the beginning of Sunday back in the US. Divali is in full force and one loud patakar went off near my ear and I am having some difficulty hearing. But that is still such a minor consequence. I had a lovely visit with our dear family friend, Rakesh, in Delhi and a delightful surprise visit with Jan Elder Aijian at the National Art Museum on JanPath. I also had a delightful short visit with Doma on JanPath! (pictures to come, hopefully)
Flew from Delhi to Mumbai. Security found it interesting to find donkey and cow bells in my carry on. It caused much discussion and speculation. The thought of turning them into wind chimes simply did not make sense to them.
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