Saturday, September 8, 2018

Exploring Tagore and Tagore's Dream House "KOKORO "in Shanthiniketan


“She is our own, the darling of our hearts, Santiniketan.

In the shadows of her trees we meet

in the freedom of her open sky.

Our dreams are rocked in her arms.

Her face is a fresh wonder of love every time we see her,

for she is our own, the darling of our hearts.” –  Rabindranath Tagore


Poet-curator Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay has embarked on the cross-cultural creative experiment in 2016, the centenary year of the Nobel laureate’s first Japan visit.Poet Rabindranath Tagore was so impressed with Japanese arts and architecture that he had once written, had it been possible he would take an entire Japanese house, decked up with its furniture, to Bengal. Over a century after the bard’s first of five visits to Japan in 1916, his dream is materialising in West Bengal’s Santiniketan. 

The team was led by an architect Kengo Sato,  Kazuhiro Aoshima (carpenter), Miku Watanabe (fashion designer), Nobuhiko Kawahara (doll maker), Shigeru Sebe (painter) and Sayuri Hashimoto (mending designer).Minimalism, which is central to Japanese aesthetics, lies at the core of the experiment. “There is nothing that violates the essential spirit of humbleness and sacrifice,” said Sato.

Stepping into the house transports one to a different culture







Full article courtesy https://www.architecturaldigest.in

Friday, March 30, 2018

Hasselholm part 2

Beauty of Hasselholm continues to excite me even today.Its almost going to be an year since we went to IKEA,but beautiful memories remains as part an parcel of the mind..
A toast to the lovely memories again

as I walked and walked all over the streets of Hasselholm

European buildings and lay out

Beautiful doll  house like

spring madness in Hasselholm

nights as pleasant as these 

as i look down

walkways as beautiful


colours as pretty as pastel

white and blues 

ink blues all over 

churches as magnificient as these

old benches

walkways

white pompom flowers

beautifully grand

nights as dark as these 

rained and rained..spring rains

beautifully trailing roses

raining beautifully

pink and delicate



All Images courtesy:Lakshmi Arvind


Saturday, January 13, 2018

Thank you Asian Paints!


When i open my windows ,i see opportunities.Everything is possible,you just have to get out of your comfort zone and go get them.

A Sincere "Thank You " from the bottom of the heart To "Asian Paints "for the Collaboration work with me for photography at Pinterest. 

Below are some of the pictures on Boards that are available on Pinterest. 
The link is mentioned as follows. Link:https://in.pinterest.com/lakshmiarvind/







Friday, January 12, 2018

New year and New thoughts:back to blogging spaces!




Wishing all my dear friends a very happy 2018.Its been ages since i have dusted my thoughts and my blog.New year..and the future.It will unfold..its thoughts for us..We live each moment with it.Happy to have come back to my space.My corners which always gave me warmth.I sincerely hope this year will bring me close to blogging and my stories..


Winter Mustards


Warmth of the carpets


Warmth of the browns


December Roses