As Time walks by...

 The clothes are done in the washing machine, waiting for me to open and be dried as if autumn was here. The vegetables lie packed in the fridge waiting to be chopped only to turn into something delicious. Ah! The pain of the knife. Don’t we all get a little chopped and scarred to turn into better versions of ourselves? The sitcoms on the laptop wait no more to be watched. In fact they know that the bored newly married girl shall reach out to them for escape. However, for now she resorted to her love; that which all began some 6 years back. Wow! Yarn of Words has come with age, hasn’t it? It keeps knitting something beautiful every now and then. It knows that people come by and read but it always cringes at the thought “Are they so busy not to leave a word here?” and then Ms. Owner thinks “Well, I’m busy with my life to visit other blogs, so….” The Yarn gets going to mind its own business.

There are times when we have a lot to keep ourselves occupied with, yet we crib and cry coz we just do not feel like walking upto it and owning ourselves to it. We simply keep waiting for the work or the task to come to us. Question: Does it ever come to us? NO! It never will! For instance, yesterday when I was struck by cold and feeling all low in the dungeons, I had to rise above that dreary state and tell myself “Wake up, you are not dying! It’s just a cold!” (as if it’s just a cold?!). Few minutes have passed since I shook myself up to change the state of my mind. Oh yeah, you see it was all gaseous awhile back and now it’s flowy and it feels much better   ( kindly bear as I rant)

I just started with a 100days of art challenge today where everyday I shall be giving myself some prompts to make some art. Today I picked up a random song, it was Justin Bieber’s Love Yourself (with lyrics). The challenge was to draw as I listened to the song. I think I did a good job with the colours and the symbols. Go ahead, listen and soak yourself with the art if you can!:)

                                 

Love

Mrs. Aakriti (Kunal, yeah from Hausle Buland:D)

P.S: I'm gearing up myself for some writing everyday

P.P.S: As I finish writing this post I recall some words by some one; it meant there are too many things to do in life to get bored. So..I'll skip...one.two...whoosh!

Away We Go: A Movie Review

Once in a while there comes a movie which touches you for its sheer beauty in simplicity. It’s not a conventional and clichéd romantic drama. Its life! A life which shows the many facets of what a personality can be. It depicts how faith and love can attract each other to make the kind of couples that exist in this world. It shows how the happiest people can be troubled and yet try their best to live a fulfilling life. It shows that marriage is not the only reason people can live together. Love and trust are the binding force for every relationship. The movie beautifully portrays how we individuals are tormented by a speedbreaker at different moments in our lives. For instance when Maya ( played by the talented Veronna De Tessant) says “We are such fuck ups, in our thirties and still don’t have anything to sustain” and just then Burt ( played by John Krasinski) brings a big smile on your face as he reassures her, oh so lovingly, that they are not “fuck ups”.

Maya (Verona) who plays Burt’s (John) girlfriend is six months pregnant and the story shows their tryst through life’s many struggles and obstacles, questions that take away our hope, realities that makes us questions our future (for instance when Burt asks Maya “What if something happens to me and I won’t be there to take care of this kid?”) and how we alone have the abilities to trust our potentials to face every odd that life throws at us.

The movie depicts conversations every husband and wife is liable to have. It depicts their struggles, anxieties, dreams and hope as prospective parents. The beauty of Maya’s character is how wonderfully she plays a typical neurotic girl, which most of us women are. To compliment it perfectly we have Burt who admits to “love her even if she goes so fat that he cannot find her vagina” (as she looks at her big baby bump and feels ugly).

What I also loved about this movie is that unlike other romantic comedies where couples are shown kissing, smooching, being desperate to get in bed; this movie goes beyond the physical realm. It portrays how loved Maya can feel as she lays near Burt so close yet not kiss him, as that moment the space between their lips is so mystically sacred so as to be disturbed by a kiss. There are no “I love you’s”, “Honey”, “ Darling”. But what there is to this movie is much more. In times where humans and human relationships are seeing a major low and people consider the other nothing less than a piece of dirt, this movie offers hope, faith and a sheer beauty in the power of love, trust and faith.

I wonder if anybody else could have fit in their shoes. You know what else makes the movie so realistic? The no- makeup look of Maya. She is so simple and beautiful. Just like any other lady you’ll come across. The cinematography at some moments is befitting. There is this one scene where Maya is reminiscing about her childhood days to Burt, as she is sitting on the bench. The camera is all focused onto her and shows that Burt stands near listening to her. That moment you actually feel that a husband is listening intently to his wife. Now, that is what I call magic!

Why are you still sitting here? Go watch the movie! Cherry on the cake, a sound that plays with the titles in the end “Orange Sky” . Aren’t these lyrics just so soulful: In your love my salvation lies…….They melt and ooze out love, love and pure love!

 This movie is a must watch! I give it 5/5!