Hues N Shades



Artwork by 5 year old Lil Anoushka, my daughter

Colors are not merely a combination of red, blue or green. They have a meaning of their own. They communicate. They speak volumes about the artist and their mind. They reveal their inner most thoughts and fantasies. It brings about a new life... the life of colors and the happiness associated with it. It even imparts it (the happiness, excitement, contentment or whatever) to the onlooker, an observer who admires the art of employing the varied shades of brilliant hues.

Colors have a life of their own. There are certain colors which disturb some and there are also others that soothe some. I could say it could bring about certain physical responses as well. There are colors that are attached to certain cultures say for instance India is a land of diverse and bright colors that people from the West will associate it to. For us it’s the colors of happiness, tradition even self proclamation. That could be and is the case with anyone, anywhere in the world.

Mixing of colors can bring about corresponding, harmonizing or even conflicting colors.
There are colors that are cool (blue, green, turquoise), warm (red, pink, yellow, orange), mixed (purple, lavender) and neutral (black, white, grey, brown, beige). I personally like all colors. I can’t point at one and say “Hey, that’s my favorite color!” Soon I’ll be following others. The nuances of colors are quite exhilarating to me!
They take me to a different world unlike any other where I can be myself and nothing else deters me from plunging into the realm of hues and shades.

Here's a short verse:

Colors, myriad colors

In the unforeseen, unknown world

Of bright n dark crevices

Rise of the fantastic world

Of fireflies n crickets

Of dragonflies n ladybugs

Gleaming in the night sky

Or the green coat of bed

Amuse, astonish n amaze

The little luminous eyes

Wanting to know and feel more

Of the ways of the world

Brimming with joy or bellowing with rage

Colors transform n seduce

Offsprings of the pantheist world

They emerged whirled!

picture courtesy from google except for the first picture

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