Thought behind the thought:
Memory is such a precious commodity and we just take it for granted. Recently a close family member lost his memory due to a brain haemorrhage and we had to literally stick little pieces and fragments of memory together for him, in order to help him remember places, events, and people. We resorted to photographs, movies, videos and stories to bring him back to us. We store bits of our life in these memory parcels and are lucky till the time can retrieve them when we need them. We are existing in an ever-changing world and what helps us anchor ourselves to time is our memory. We lose so much of our cities, culture and heritage as we move forward that sometimes it feels unreal that we have lived a certain kind of life in our past.
Gallery of Curious Memories is Paul Fernandes’ wonderful tribute to Bangalore of the 70’s. The artist has a studio in Bangalore with a very witty name aPaulogy, where the artist works. An illustrator and cartoonist, what the artist has achieved, is to capture and freeze, a small glimpses of the city, in time.
Photography and hand drawings are beautiful ways to keep slices of memory alive. The personal touch, individuality, wit and humour that one can weave in a drawing give it a definite edge over photography. He has illustrated many books, including ‘On a High Note’ – a slightly inebriated introduction to Western music; Peter Colaco’s ‘Bangalore’; and ‘Shine Board Arts’ – an authentic collection of signs of the times in India.
His most recent work have sold thousands of copies across the world and include the popular poster mural ‘Bang Bang Bangalore’; Sillycon City; The Ambassador of India; and a series of Shine Board’ posters.
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Some packets return as cinders in disguise and burn holes right into the core before you know.
ReplyDeleteSome packets return as cinders in disguise and burn holes right into the core before you know.
ReplyDeleteManoj you are right but probably time should make the cinders less powerful !
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