Everyday things...lately!

Water. Socks. Petroleum Jelly. Lipgloss. Aerosole Shoes. Rang De Basanti CD. Maroonish-Pinkish Short Sleeved Cotton Top. Name Tag. Coffee Cup. Bic Pen. Glasses with Nose Pads. Red Toe Nail Polish. Layered Hair. No finger Nails. Aching Wrists. Google Talk. Orkut. Music. Ghoongroos. iPod. Winterfresh Gum. Clinique shimmer sunscreen lotion. Roads and beaches. . . Me.

I don't know....

I just don't...

and so I think....rather try..... to know and find out.

Pallavi...

Pallavi literally means 'sprout', a vegetation image associated in Indian symbol systems with rasa (sap, juice flavour, essential inspiring vitality) and it carries a sense of a beginning. It suggests the idea of a seed and a shoot, or a bud, the beginning of efflorescence and the stem resource for an expansion. Until Subbarama Dikshitar's time (he published Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini in 1904), it was usually called pallava. One traditional etymology breaks the word into three syllables and derives each from a component of a song: padam (‘word’), layam (‘rhythm’), vinyasam (‘display’). T S Parthasarathy has called this a mere ‘guess’, but perhaps this playful derivation could be understood more as a helpful invention, a mnemonic or pedagogical device, rather than literal linguistic etymology or erroneous speculation. It sums up the parts of the nucleus in a nutshell. From the pallavi, the embryonic original impulse, and so the essential spirit of the work, the whole of the kriti develops.

Before the term pallavi came to be associated with the initial line of Tyagaraja’s kritis it was the term for the dominant form of Karnataka musical court performances in pre-Tyagaraja times. Designated more fully as ragam–tanam–pallavi, or simply called pallavi, it was one expression of manodharma (the duty of the mind’, exercise of the imagination) sangita, the improvisational art music of the times. The reason why this form, which often extended for many hours, was called pallavi, probably had to do with the single line of text around which it was musically elaborated. This form was used in lengthy competitive exhibitions of musical technique, including displays of rhythmic and melodic virtuosity and improvisation on the theme.

part of me.

It's been a while eh.. I was speeding through work, social life, parties, dancing, and driving. For a while my life shifted gears and took me in the fast lane. Then I saw the yellow light flash, saying "low-on-gas", pull over, hence, I am here -- to relax and make sure I don't miss out on the slow lane goodies.

I have five fingers on my right hand, like many of you. When I bring them together it becomes a fist, with which I can punch things. I was looking at my hand and realized that each finger on my right hand represents something about me.

I am short like my Thumb, but wear heels to be tall.

My index finger -- types the letters h, j ,n , y, u , m to expediate my typing process.

My middle finger -- tries not to flick others off, is tall like Chinmay and a bit weird, like my sense of humor at times.

My third finger is weak-- like me, at times when I am sad, upset, or angry.

My pinky -- my favorite finger, I couldn't really tell you why, not now, perhaps later sometime.

My palm -- receives all the happiness and sorrows, and my figers come together to hold it tight, for future lessons.