As I prepare to step outside, I keep my phone camera handy.
Click!
I turn around and tell my mother how I interpret her drawing. In the 30 seconds it takes to get down the staircase, we have had a full conversation of the different ways in which we perceive the world around us.
Amma‘s drawings on the floor are my inspiration – a world of art that flows effortlessly through the stone powder – a new one, every single day.
More about Amma’s kolams here.
And here are interpretations of the kolams in verses, written by my mother.
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Your mum sure is talented.
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😀 yes, she is! Feel really proud of her, too.
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I feel lucky to have seen almost all her drawings (Kolams), its amazing how she manages to create new designs consistently :)… its great to see you following her footsteps (tiny footsteps) :p
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😛
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Woaw. Are those amma’s poems?
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Yup! 😀
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Please pass on several Hi fives to amma! Really liked the one entitled Hidden art 🙂
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Will definitely do that! 😀
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Beautiful!
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🙂 thank you! Nice to see you on wordpress after a long time!
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I just visited designer kolams site and I was so enchanted by the kolams and poems written so beautifully by aunty!please convey my best wishes to her .I am one of her follower from today!!😘
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Thank you 🙂 I will definitely convey it to her!!
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