Canvas as big as the sky, water that waves by, just me, myself and I.
Yes I strongly believe that every Beach/ Bay/ Sea that I have experienced have different smell, taste and feel. As i sat down with the sun behind me and the horizon in front, talking to the waves that came to me. The first thing that I did was obviously to let my legs feel the cold lather after the most boring train journey from Bangalore, and next to me was this crow doing the same thing as I was. Ok, i don't know if this sounds juvenile but, I have never seen a crow enjoy the beach so much!
After much staring and observing and smiling to myself was done... a beautiful, magnificent black horse came galloping towards me. On the horse was a young boy, who happened to chalk- talk me into riding on the horse. The next thing I remember was riding the horse all by myself on the long coast, breeze through my hair, sand on my face and I was literally jumping with joy! (quite a funny sight, if you may ask) I felt like the horse knew exactly where to take me and I just kept going.
For a while, after the horse riding I was actually wondering if we could ever continue riding on horses like the ancient times, to schools, colleges and work place. What fun! Anyways, back to sitting on the shore, I was distracted by an astrologer "Naadi Joshiyam" , she insisted that I ought to know my future, even though I was least interested, I let her talk. Ladies and gentlemen the most entertaining 10 mins of my future was witnessed. (to know about my future, click here)
After the amazing opinions of my life from a stranger, who seemed to know me (freaky), I was flabbergasted. I was so lost in future that I decided to go to the past. The famous street game 'shooting of the balloons' was just calling out to me. I used to be never allowed to even hold the gun by myself, (always bullied by my parents) actually they were preventing me from shooting people I assume, So this was my only chance to shoot the balloons all by myself, it was such a stress buster and I insist everyone of you to try it!
So finally I sat down again, decided to sketch the 5 most important things to life in general. I love generalizing you see, and like everyone else, I began to draw on the sands. Starting with the Sun, Moon, Water, Peace and Travel which sums up the 5 elements in my life and my being. My quest to experience and re-discover myself on beaches will continue until I am washed away by a Tsunami. (no! I'm serious!)
“Don't grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.”
-- Michelle Held
