Mudivettukaran

A hair cutting saloon known as barbor shop or mudivettukada .Interior of a mudivettukada decorate with various colorful pictures these pictures may be a landscape or a grand architectural enclave and many more .These glossy pictures known as sceneries. Rather dressing hair alone my interest revolves around the colorful carnival or ocular juxtaposition of a barbershop. Consecutive usage of luxurious perfume, talcum power and facial cream make always the saloon’s void rich and elegant .In fact, startling and tempting soft perfumed ambience of a MudivettuKada is remarkable! Mudivettukadakaran use the colorful scattered hair dressing beauty tools dexterously.

The picturesque beauty table in the haircutting saloon remain the notion of carnival or little antique installed in a glass case .This pretty table made out of wood and plastered the surface with a vibrant flowering tablecloth .However, the final layer of this table envelop with a piece of plain glass .The place which beneath this transparent glass vale may look like an old album or a collector who maintain his precious collection of coin . The document which lay underneath the table may be a prayer for St Antony, young Cheguvera with charming smile , monthly electrically and water bill and many more , Apart from these collections .This table also carry little more different pretty objects it may be a grand decorative perfume bottle, sharp scissors, colorful creams , variety of combs , various hard and soft brushes .
In fact, he get the hair cut done with creativeness .Improvisation of hair cut include the stylish mode of trimming and shaving . Soon after shaving done he apply an antiseptic provision on the shaved collar and facial region .This peculiar antiseptic medium resemble to either an unstructured ice peace marble stone or a big salt crystal .This strange stoner known as Karakallu. Immediate After the karakallu wipe mudivettukaran softly wipes the tender shaved facial region with a neat and small towel having different design . Karakallu is a burning experience! So that small kids especially look at this strange white stone with white pearl tears!
most excellent moment of hair dressing is its climax because, he spray or shower a little water on the serrated or ploughed hair And, decorate or dress the hair with artistic fashion .The way he spray the water can very well compared with the cricket players and specters enjoy the climax of a match with shampine bottles and cocktails
.Soon after spell of rain Mudivettukadakaran uses different kind of talcum powder aroma of those talcum powders is delightful !In fact, those talcum power tins I have neither seen shop nor in any home .He use a little talcum power to takeout the remains of hair particles from the soggy skin surfaces ..He blot talcum powder on the facial region With a delicate spongy duster and meticulously wipe the face
Apart from this beauty table and a huge mirror Mudivettukadakaran also showcase the juxtaposition of various glossy cut- outs, silhouettes and calendar .The visuals which carry these calendars and sellouts are rare and rich .These colorful visuals looks as if it exclusively made for hairdressing saloons .Parade of these rich and rare visuals carry his favorite film stars, gods, goddess and historical portraits.
The mirror and revolving armed chair are placed in front of the beauty table such a way that a mudivettukaran can perceive entire dimension of the person who stand in frond of that table. Though a mudivettukadakaran dedicate in his work he made arrange the things such a way that he can interact or deal with each and every consumer. In fact, This gigantic mirror function as a communicative bridge or a networking device between mudivettukaran and his customers .The discussion which usually happen in the saloon deal with various topic .It may be a newly relised film ,or a secret love affair of a pretty girl or the criticism on local politics and many more .Rather than a discussion this conversation remains a storyteller who narrate or improvise the innovative ideas with the facial expression . Hairdressing job is laborious but dramatic oral presentation of facts, decorative and optical sensation swab the laboriousness
Most of these shops are made out of semi permanent building material like fire wood and asbestoses .Though these building are semi-permanent the construction or the design includes a minimum facilities like furniture, washbasin and various showcases The design of these shop suggest as if this shop made by using match boxes .

These shop are having double doors . Main door is stronger than the small one moreover, main door having facility to lock the shop. Always the polished door is an ornament for this shop .This tiny and pretty door made with glass and wood .Glass which attach with the door having various decorative patterns it may be a bunch of graphs or a bouquet of flower or a picture of sacred heart and many more. Interior of the shop having various decoration for instance the glass windows , vibrant color cuartins, fancy hangings and a glass cases .
Three haircutting saloons are near by my home The owners of the shops are Mr. Thankachan, Mr. Satyan and Mr. Baskaran. In fact, their shops having its own name .But, Rather than it’s name those shops known as Thankachante Mudivettu kada, satyantakada and baskarantea kada . Thankachan is one of the aficionados of Carl Marx and Jesus Christ. Evidently, we can see a various glossy pictures of St. Anthony, St. Mary .However , he reflect communism by subscribe the Malayalam communist news paper Deshobamani .Mostly people prefer to have hair cut on Sundays .So that we used to wait in the big queue and listen the amusing gossips

The Blinking eyes and naughty glance

Doolapally is a small remote village in andrapradesh .This village is almost thirty Km.away from Andhrapradesh capital city ,Hyderabad.Else where in this village we can see soft and sap green race fields,ploughed land , palm trees and little houses. In fact, most of the shops decorated with the advertisements of the multi national company .It may either The renowned telug film actor Mahesh Babu with a thumps up or coca cola bottle . Though the modernity effected doolapally the old fashioned dwellings are not yet washed away from the landscape .Still we can see the remains of stained and burnt umber olden residence .These are the remains of existed life styles .In fact, the pealed walls and old fashioned dilapidated shelter are the reminiscent of the rustic memory or a rural annotation .
D.R.S International school is in Doolapally .Few days back the IB diploma students in DRS had a visit to one of the neighboring schools in Doolapally this visit was the part of the Creative action service program . Among the other the CAS is one of the charismatic phases of the IB Diploma program Well, The objective of the visit was to educate about the awareness of Swine flue .it was a good experience being among one member in that team .After noon we reached to school. We realized that the school hardily having few number of class rooms .Moreover, none of the classrooms neither having electricity nor basic furniture . Due to the inappropriate ventilation the class rooms seems to be dull .And we could only see the white teeth and glowing eyes of little kids .We have seen the students who sat down on the earth and learning lessons enthusiastically .It was amusing to here the way they repeat their lesions melodiously. Once we reached school the students came and assemble in the dais .The gathering of the little kids in the stage can very well compared with either the march-past of soldiers or a moving train .The kiddy train reached and the infant soldiers gather in the stage like a half moon or a half circle .The little spectators were eagerly and wholeheartedly watch the skit performance. In fact, immediate after the program the students who performed in the stage asked few questions to the little listeners and the tiny audience reflected appreciably. It was a good experience of the way they improvised .The teachers who stood along with the kids were supported .while sharing the reflection on the skit they revealed the obscurity .teachers facilitate the students to recollect memories or joined the dismantle senescence .
Well, this activity very well compare with a child who learn cycling because he can have an effective drive after a one dozen fall .Due to their teachers support the little shy vanished or fade away and they reveal the flame of confidence .They share various reflections along with the glowing and energetic facial expressions
Initially both group of students were alienate to each other and hesitate to share. Students stood and interacted with the kids who is studying in that village school.Few minutes after the gap or the distance between the both group gradually decreased .Because, both group of students sat on the floor and interacted .they sang songs they performed dance .In fact the encouragement and the support of the teachers enriched the raw and infant artistic endeavors . Rather than a visit the rustic, raw, and innocent ambience of the school remain me a Mukmal Buff’s flim. It was amuse to see the cliché form of teachers who carry cane along with them. In fact, Buff is one of the renowned film directors in Iran .His visual language revolve around the ornamental and colossal narration of a glance or a small instance .The mode of narration which he creates in the film is the metaphors of innocence

Veneration of mother Mary
digital painting, 2009

Working on Pixel Art can very well be compared with a little kid's magic castle, which he creates with the use of funny, colorful ready made dismantling building blocks. Or, the confrontation of an infant towards a colorful puzzle block. The pixel art or painting suggest the parameter of the artistic limitation . In order to create a pixel art an artist need to channelize or dismantle their thought within the boundary or the parameter of the scattered pixels. This painting is made with the usage of two software, such as Ms Excel and Photo shop CS3. The excel sheet is a software which deal with Mathematical formulas and calculations .Rather than a painting this visual suggest the calculated application or implementation of color. Here the limitation of the visual can be mixed and matched with the icon of Virgin Mary . On the other words ,this mode of representation is a metaphor which narrate the taboo or the banal space which is being existed in the terrain of so called Christianity.

Identification mark It is a numerous term. On the other words the finite mark elaborate infinite identity. Throughout this work I juxtapose the conceptual and optical understanding of god. In fact, until now we emulate the ancient Hebrew authors who wrote" the Lord is my rock" (Ps. 18:2), "the Lord is my shepherd" (Ps. 23:1), and "the Lord is my light" (Ps. 27:1). The reader understands that the Lord is a rock in one sense and a shepherd in another sense, yet it is clear that the Lord is not only a rock, a shepherd, or a light. God may be other things as well. Here the mark is a new finite metaphor towards infinite god.

Jack fruit
This visual is an anthology of written and visual images. Carnival of these tiny and pretty things may lead the viewer to the children’s funny puzzle or the dexterity of a juggler because, here the work of art is dealt with the puzzle of scattered and juxtaposed ample ocular imageries. It may be a bunch of rose flower, the king and queen, a puppet family, and a spongy doll. This drama or mockery is created by some kind of stuffing sewing and stitching. However, these practices of art have been gendered or identified as feminine or so called craft. These are one of my friends, Mrs. Geetha Anil’s dexterity display .Moreover, she has been designated as a craft teacher and working with a school in India. Over a period of time she was my colleague in the same school. The designation and the remuneration of a craft teacher are somewhat marginal than the other subjects in India. Along with these craft work I have displayed the reproduced version of my grandfather’s personal dairy. My grandfather has written it between 1940 and 1980. Here, the synthesis of verbal and visual text is narrated in the form of puzzle .And, it emerges the constraint terrain of the women in elsewhere. Written texts which is attached along with these works are the documentation about my grandmother and the other female characters revolve around him , such as the working class women who had involved in some kind of events which took place in our house. The works include construction works, midwifery, cooking and other house hold requirements. Instead of the specific name here the female characters address by gender or cast in this dairy .Moreover , compare to the substantial allowance to the male worker the female worker’s daily wages or the substantial allowance documented is partially lower in this dairy . The form of a puzzle suggests the parameter. And, here, the margin of women is limited within the form of a vegetable.

It was an amazing and fantastic experience to be in the visually rich places like Belur temple, Sriranga pattonam, Halibid and the many others. Among the other seeing the sculpture of Nandi which situated in the Halibid temple has given me an amazing visual experience .In fact the visual language which implemented or articulated in the sculptural form of the Nandi suggest the notion of organicity. The massive and gigantic form of Nandi suggest as if the empty or void space (Piranha, vayu) remain inside the body. Moreover the notion of existence or endurance suggest by using the deftness of ornamental organic designs. In fact the element of design articulated such a way on this sculptural form suggest as if these flora and fauna grew up from the body of Nandi .In other words, bloomed ornamental flora and fauna suggest rather the limbs of this celestial or mystic being. Here the dexterity or the flow of design make a visual rhythm to the spectator .This Sculpture of Nandi exclusely deal with patterns and decorations .But, gigantic notion , ferocious facial expression , the tactile quality and the organicity remains yet this celestial or mythical being realistic to the spectator . In other words the sculpture form of Nandi is a quintessential blend or the fusion of fact and fiction

Hey my friend Ms.Judith Mcwillie send the photograph of an yellow bird certainly this image it is lovely is it?


Jinson,
I know you have these in India. THey are very rare here but I saw one this afternoon. Thought of you,

Judy


hey it is so good and i like yellow bird


The bird book said you have them in India. Is true? I have never ever seen one until yesterday.

It is rare one.The color of the beak is so lovely. And i will put it in my blog