5.5x3.5 inches; Watercolor and Pen drawing on executive bond paper (Click on image to enlarge)
Ruthless mind brimming with unspoken words
Misleading glances hide cruel intent
Cloaks make the cuts deeper from pointy swords
Reality hurts when dreams are spent.
- Rudra Kishore Mandal
3 comments:
Here comes my first reaction. I am looking at the avatar on your page which shows only a section of this work. I am trying to keep my focus on only what is revealed.
The first thing that drew my attention was the eye. It was red because it was covered by something that was unmistakably a scale. This quote emerged from my subconscious "And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized."
The red scale covering the eye - self deception. Yes the red herring deceives herself first. The scale falls off and there is rebirth. The person within the fish is incomplete, unformed, hidden from view.
The fish's body reminded me of the stages of evolution, the "dashavataras". So many thoughts are gushing out of my head and I am not trying to hold them back.
The hook enticingly close has to be invisible - so the deceiver is being deceived in turn. Is all that "deception" intended to hurt or is it the self-imposed identity that is so often the sheath of convenience(the closet we are so familiar with is so often a cloak that moves with us). And an accidental hook dangling before us could rip it apart before we are prepared.
Last evening I had this uncanny experience of my red (yes red!) shopping bag getting caught on the bent bumper of a taxi and tearing while I crossed between two vehicles in a jam. Oddly enough the contents fell out(yes my dinner) only when I reached the safety of the pavement. Are there metaphors in it I wonder?
I got home and was seeing this image in my head for a long while.
This is a rather looooong comment, bear with me. There is more coming. I have seen the legs now and I have new thoughts.
Thank you so much for the detailed and insightful reaction. This is the reason I have always looked forward to comments and reactions from my viewers. The way you have looked at this small (in physical appearance!) artwork and the way it has spoken to you, enriches my experience as an artist and makes this artwork larger than life. The fact that the majority of times when we cry foul about someone or something deceiving us and breaking our precious trust, we forget that it is mostly a case of self deception and refusal to accept the truth, which was always staring in our face. The lies we tell ourselves are far more dangerous than the ones told to us by others. Thank you again. I am hungry for more! :)
I really love this response and it has made me hungry to post more reactions. So watch out :)
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