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Oct 11, 2011

Three Delightful Stories


Two weeks ago, I got hold of a sketch poem book by Bangalore based artist Prabha Narayanan who blogs here. Delightful to say the least, the book is on and is called Nature and comes alive with easy watercolor strokes and poetry in the artist's own handwriting, and fits snugly in my palm. 
I first read about it in Priya Sebastian's The Plum Tree, and knew instantly that I had to buy it. A few email exchanges with Prabha and a copy of the book was mine. I have it up on my ledge like a fresh piece of art.



I also logged into Twitter after ages, never really understood the fun in it. But now I'm sort of hooked! I see several folks who write wittily, gives me interesting links, travellers, illustrators, and those who just write creatively about what they see around them. I really don't mind spending some time during my 1.5 hour bus journey to work, reading observant people who can play with words.
Tell me you are there too! You can find me @PopOfBright.


Let me leave you with this today...
                                                                  I opened an old book, 
Smelt the old pages.

As I flipped through the story, 
Which climaxes in Spring,

I found pressed 'ol flowers 
Between the pages.


Good day fellow bloggers!

23 comments:

  1. Beautiful post.... And I love the blog banner... Looks beautiful....;-) ;-)

    Have a fab week ahead !!

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  2. That sketch-poem book is such a keeper.

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  3. ooohhh...lovely poem! always been a fan of Poetry! and you have such an effortlessly beautiful style of writing too...!

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  4. Lovely post.and the banner is gorgeous :)

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  5. The sketch book, your way of keeping i, the verse of poetry in the end... ah! Everything about ths post is so very beautiful, Ambika!

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  6. You sure are an artist :) the photos are very captivating... and yes the lovely yellow on your page has given way to a riot of old world colors!

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  7. So enjoyed that today and thank you for introducing me to some really talented people:):) Gorgeous shots too, loved it all.

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  8. lovely post..budhha is so gorgeos...book looks wonderful..off to check her blog.

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  9. That sketch poetry book is so pretty!!!

    And I took ages to get the hang of Twitter :)

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  10. Thanks everyone.. And yes, Prabha's sketchbook is a great find, you must check out her space!

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  11. the headerimage is stunning!! love the feel of the post and sequence of the images

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  12. You've done some tweaking to the blog I see...me likey! Loved this post!

    Also, am charmed by your lady in repose.....tell me, have you seen mine? :)

    (I'll try to take a picture when the sun shows up next.....)

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  13. refreshing as ever...and that too on a weekend morning...i loved it! :)

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  14. Nice post! The photos it's very, very beautiful!

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  15. The book looks interesting and thanks for sharing Ambika.
    I checked Prabha's blog, it's lovely:)

    Am not in twitter, was thinking whether I shud open an account or not.

    The header picture's stunning so is the Buddha.

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  16. Thanks for posting this. I went to Prabha's blog after reading your post and guess what, I bought both her books! They are gorgeous - such lovely work. Now, I've got to find a sunny spot to copy your vignette :)

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  17. wow! the book seems so interesting!! LOVED ur Post!!! :) :)

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  18. Those books look really nice...what a blessed lady she has to be to be so well blessed with creativity of pictures and words...lovely!

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  19. feeling the same sista... love this post btw and am ordering a copy of my own! adding you to my must follow blogs:)

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  20. Beautiful pics! The colors are perfect! ;)

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