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Ali Zafar and Subi Samuel on Parental Protection by Lladró
Men are usually blamed of being a bit stingy in expressing their affection towards their children. Truth is that a father loves his child as much as the mother, only that majority of them are imprisoned to the ways of the world that dictates that the male stays stoic at all times. Given such circumstances, a father’s love epitomises itself quite clearly in one word – protection. And it is for this precise reason that I fell in love with the sculpture Parental Protection by Lladró: it most handsomely depicts the vulnerable side of a man sans drama.
When I think of the men
who are vulnerable around me, my mind instantly draws two men from the assortment
of my mental faculties – Ali Zafar and Subi Samuel. Both are not your ‘typical’
men entrapped within the clichés of the world. They are publicly expressive of
their love to their children, as they are utterly devoted to them.
Ali knows that your
children need your presence more than your presents, just as Subi knows that the
trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher.
Ali knows that the two
lasting gifts he can give his children are stronger roots and freer wings, just
as Subi knows that no matter how grown up they become, or how different, he
would always remain their preferred toy.
Their children are
their coveted sculptures, the finest representation of parental protection in
real time, in flesh and blood, in concrete and creative form.
Ali with his son Azaan
Hotel de Monaco (República da Polónia)
That is the Hotel de Monaco (República da Polónia). A place not to forget visiting when you happen to set foot on their soil. It is sheer brilliant Rococo artistry.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini - The Life
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) sculptor,
architect, painter and playwright was the most influential artist of
seventeenth-century Rome and indeed, one of the leading creative forces in
European art for most of that century. He is universally recognised as one of
the creators of the vastly popular Roman Baroque style, which was quickly
disseminated throughout all of Europe. His influence lasted well beyond his
death, and the popularity of his numerous works: fountains, statues, churches,
and public squares is today as great as it was during his own lifetime, if not
more so.
I am a great fan of Bernini, and this book that I am presently reading is fascinating.
SCIENTIA By Lladró
This is what happens when you discover Instagram - you begin to 'see art' in art.
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
These are
photographs I captured of one of my favourites, the SCIENTIA by Lladró. When I set my eyes on it the
first time it reminded me of the Thinker by Auguste Rodin. Clearly, I, or anyone for that matter cannot imagine
myself owning the real one by Rodin, (of whom I am an ardent admirer). And since I am
not into collecting replicas, I decided that the SCIENTIA, which represents the mind and the reason that guides man in search of knowledge, and helps him achieve wisdom, juxtaposed with the essential formulas of physics
and mathematics was what it was going to be. This marvellous piece has been sculpted by master sculptor Ernest Massuet.
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