Dominating Elements
It was a perfect season for a sky to paint this uniform grey in the middle of the afternoon. As I and my Sakhi we went to our nearby Dam. Sitting on the muddy path while sipping hot Chai which we brought in our age-old thermos and staring at this alluring nature has become our rainy day ritual. It started drizzling and somehow we started to wonder what an amazing colour palette these soil, forest, water and clouds have formed. Being from an art background it was obvious of us to talk about this stuff. It’s not just about the colours though, just imagine what all these elements create when they come together. Referring to Hinduism, Ayurveda has mentioned these Pancha Mahabhutas (Five elements) Water, Earth, Air, Fire and Aether. According to astrology, it seems our zodiacs have these elements. I don’t have a thorough knowledge of astrology but basically, it means each person’s nature is dominated by one or two elements. While thinking about all this I wondered how would an element look virtually. Will the person with the dominance of water would be unstoppable? Will the person with the dominance of Fire would be furious? What about a person with Earth? Will she just be raw, abound of flesh, wearing an earthy metal ankle bracelet? Or just be another person in the crowd who likes to walk barefoot?