Thoughts

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Woochie and Cookie are going to the pond,

The baby is tagging along with them.

Woochie would be boating

Cookie would be fishing

What would be the baby doing?

Baby will be going for lotus flower picking!

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Another crafty weekend. Pincushions made out of walnut shells. A pair of Patchwork cufflinks. #lockdownprojects #craftyweekend #pincushion #cufflinks #patchwork (at Thames Barrier Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_u_gRnHiTHLFrrphQH-EkDIKaPzR6Dpf4K5ZA0/?igshid=190qfjoo22ep0

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Another half-done project that this lockdown gave an opportunity to finish. A Korean persimmon leaf money bag, can hold my sewing supplies or even loose changes. Not sure yet what use I would put this one to. #jumoeni #jogakbo #lockdownprojects #koreancrafts #handsewnwithlove #handmade (at Thames Barrier Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_csBdlHWDls3WEzY9hrHB81KBin39Cvv_iuOA0/?igshid=1psnrr8ivxo38

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As the humanity retreats indoors, the wildlife comes out to play. A 🦊 fox visited our backyard this morning to say hello. #coronadiaries #spring2020 #fox #30daysofspring2020 #londonlockdown (at Thames Barrier Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-fNDq3nYimFqh4DxSwJa3ZR6IZfd-JcnBYknE0/?igshid=1chcivz007i6p

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Sunset over the Grand Canyon. After the sunset the clouds dance with their evening colours. #sunset #grandcanyon #desetview #fullmoonnight (at Desert View, California)

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No one’s perception or decision is a constant thing. Find that one trigger and one can sway it to its opposite end.

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A unique concert with both western and eastern classical music played on the same platform. David Murphy conducting the Sinfonia Verdi... in tune with incredible Meeta Pandit... combined with extraordinary narration about the life of the Strauss family and their music by John Suchet made this evening, one to remember. (at Cadogan Hall)

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Aida at the Coliseum. Story of a Ethiopian princess who became an Egyptian slave girl and her doomed love. #opera #colesiumlondon #aida (at English National Opera)

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#VamosCuba #PeacockTheater #London #dance #lantindance #havanacuba (at Peacock Theatre)

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#londonkoreanfestival2017 #feelkorea2017 Mirror in making and the finished product. (at Olympia London)

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Odissi short definations

Hasta - Mudra:

Hand gestures. Used to show different objects. Dance Vocabulary shown through hand gestures.

Pataka - Stop, Blessing, Flag, Me, Water, Passage of the day, beginning/end of something, Mirror

Tripataka - Foliage, Bindi, Peacock feather, Crown.

Ardhapataka - Sword, tendril, creeper, plait

Arala - wind, poison

Chandrakala - Moon, see, speech, bangles, trunk

Chatura - Face, Walking, People, Brains

Mayura - Jewellery, Peacock, U-pin

Suchi - Needle, Bindi, Pointer, Instruct, Passage of the day, Grass coming out.

Vaana - Bow, Horns

Mrigashirsha - Deer, Veena

Ardhachandra - Half-moon, Devi Durga

Kartarimukha - Eyes, Leaves falling, Death, Cut/Stocked, Seized

KatakaMukha - Heart, Face, Garland, Dress(Sari), third-eye

Vastra - Clothes

Trishul = trident

Shakata - Demon

Anjali - Offering

Tribhangi - three bends(neck, torso, knee) One of the main poses in Odissi

Mangalacharan - Invocation, Bhoomi pranam, Shloka, Trikhandi pranam

Bhramari - (Turn/Spin) Chakra, Chauka Ekapada, Biparita, Garuda

Asamyukta/Samyukta Hasta Mudras

Abhinaya - The art of Expression. Story, Emotion meaning, Feelings using hadgestures, eye movements, face, head movements. non verbal communication

Tihayi - End/Start of a section, set of same bols repeating 3 times

Som - First beat of your taal indicated with a clap

Matra - Each beat of the taal

Abartan - One Som to another Som. One cycle of the taal

Laya - Speedin which a taal/dance is delivered. Drut, Vilambit, Madhyama

Pada Bheda - Foor osition or posture of foot

Drishti Bheda - Movement of eye, POsition of eye

Griba Bheda - Movement or posturing of neck

Pallavi - Flowering, Nritta, Starts slow ends fast, Blossoming introcate melodic pattern, Elaborating the same refrain with eyes, neck and feet movements

Batu - Shringar, 4 instruments, dedicated to Lord Shiva, Nritta, Speed, Technique, Sculpturesque poses

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The stairs on the way down. #sunrisepoint #JejuIsland #hiking #stairs (at World Natural Heritage,Sungsan Sunrise Peak)

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A sunset to remember in Jeju island. Driving the west coast of Jeju, chasing the sunset. Tried my hand at time- lapse photography. I think I managed to capture the view but the sound of the waves and the sea gull's shrill voice made the scene more surreal than this video is able to portray. (at Suwolbong Peak)

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Building a bot(2 In fact!) #reedfaqbot #ArnoldTheBot #Hackfest #MicrosoftCampusReading #botframework (at Microsoft Campus, Reading)

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#WinterLights #WinterLights2017 #CanaryWharf #WinterEvening #LondonDiary #JanuaryTreats (at Jubilee Gardens, Canary Wharf)

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I asked my granny, why did so many people get tattoos in the olden days. She said, when one dies, one leaves behind all their wealth, family and relationships. Their tattoos are the only thing that goes with them. #grandmother #tattoos #reasonfortattoos #grandma #grandmaspeaks

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Sambalpuri Saree weavers paraphernalia. #handloom #SambalpuriSarees #Barpali #WovenFabric #handcraftedsarees #OdishaHandloom #BhuliaWeavers (at Barpali, Orissa, India)