In Limbo 2

A book on Paul Klee and his paintings was one of the most thoughtful gifts I received on my birthday from my son Dhani. The gift came accompanied by a comment which catapulted me into the realm of unfounded egotistical bliss, "something of his work reminds me of you", he said as I pulled the book out off the gift-wrap. "Really?" disbelief and exhilaration ran simultaneously in my veins. Of course, I had admired Paul Klee for several reasons, but mainly it was the spontaneity and  joy permeating his paintings which had appealed to me the most. Needless to say I felt terribly flattered. Yet, honestly speaking, the similarity between Paul Klee and I began and ended with both Klee and I willingly disregarding our own passions to homeschool the child we had brought forth into this world. Yes, believe it or not, while Klee's wife enjoyed a full-fledged musical career, the painter decided to be a stay-at-home dad to bring up their son Felix. He donned on the role of a ...

"Did you hear about what happened in the U.S?" "Are you talking about the mysterious drones appearing in the American airspace?" "No, about the guy who shot the CEO of UnitedHealth..." "Of yeah...Crazy...But, we all know how corrupt many of these insurance companies are. Remember John Grisham's The Rainmaker?" "But, to kill someone innocent to make a statement? I don't agree with that." "Of course, you won't. You are a Gandhian. But, may be, sometimes such  drastic measures are necessary  to shake up the system..."  "I agree. Quite a good-looking fella he is. Only 26. Looks like someone Da Vinci would have sketched. Hmmm...what's his name?" "Luigi Mangione. Did you read how his instagram following surged from 945 to 64000 and above? Meta had to shut down his account." "Wow". "I don't think one needs to resort to violence. I don't condone any kind of violence." ...