"Le Temps".....An abstract by Manisha Vedpathak

"Le Temps"

Acrylic on canvas, 31"X 31"

Available, contact 

manishavedpathak@gmail.com

Hands cannot hold the dreams slipping.

If your hands are careless you cannot stop the

 golden sand slipping from your hands.

Those long hours of night...

 thinking about the time that passed by...

some was slipped but some I got hold of....

some golden moments ,some scary ,some bitter...

the ins and outs of everyday,the places we visited...

the ones whom I took for granted, the ones who took me for granted....

the golden opportunities ,some I grabbed ,some slipped by....

Life really passes by fast. Looking back I realize that we never really notice that time was actually slow but we were running fast...there is a need to appreciate the time before it slips from hands in various forms . Need to notice time's real identity. 

I started my art career very late in life and now, as the days pass, by I keep asking myself how can I get hold of time and not allow it to slip from my hands.....

My younger daughter is graduating from high school this year and she is applying for universities outside India . This is the same phase I experienced when my older daughter came to India for higher studies. Now once again the mother inside me ,want to stop the time. I don't want the time to pass. Our heart hold onto our children forever. I believe this is the motherhood journey and the ups and downs of this journey are the moments to be cherished by knowing the precious time that flies by.

Sharing a poem I read on the net:

yesterday went in a flash
today with a blink of an eye
yet tomorrow will go just the same
Wow...how quickly life passes us by

The title of the painting is the French translation of  "THE TIME".

Beneath the mask ! An acrylic painting .

Beneath the mask

Acrylic on canvas,100 * 100 cms

How many people in this world wear  masks

which are not fake but are real? We all do.We

wear these masks subconsciously out of habit.

I believe even I wear a mask.Not that

I am fake.I try to be Me..myself most of the

time.But some places I would like to wear this

mask because I don't want to show my weaknesses

or my faults.I don't want to feel vulnerable.

I am sure this is the case with many people.

We are in a circle of society and putting off

masks depends if society accepts you for

who you are.But again there are some who

don't care what others think about them.

So I don't know if it is a good idea to

drop off all the masks.What do you say?

Kathakali on panel

I had painted these two small mask

 paintings some time ago and they were

just lying around. So I decided to

fix it on a long panel and painted the

panel.

Kathakali

Acrylic on canvas,30*60 cms

Side view

Side view

These paintings are of the mask of

the Kathakali dance which is the most

    well known dance drama from the south

 Indian state of Kerala.The word Kathakali

literally means "Story-Play".  It is known

     for its large, elaborate makeup and costumes. 

Kathakali is usually performed only by men.

The actors rely very heavily on hand

gesture to convey the story.

A Kathakali dancer