Morning Sounds

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The kite who lives in the coconut tree outside our bedroom window.

Sorry, the video is sideways, but it doesn’t matter, I’m mainly interested in posting the sounds. This is what I wake up to in the morning; the train horn, sweeping and the cuckoo bird. This is one of the things I love most about being here. The days are very noisy, but just before dawn it is quiet as a mouse and then this starts. It gives me such a peaceful feeling.

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Tata taking Ashwin to school. Another peaceful moment in the morning. 🙂

Yes I’m Making Art!

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Besides binding the book I wrote for Ashwin, ‘Sound Horn Okay’ I have been able to work on some other fun things. I have been making some Envelope Drawings of animals. They are fun and I don’t have to think much, they are pure play and who know where they will lead? On our wedding anniversary I was thinking of our time on the Cape and our beach wedding so I made a large ink wash drawing of a hump back whale. It seemed appropriate somehow, working on Indian truck prints in Chicago and whales in Bangalore. I bought the paper in Chang Mai, Thailand. I wasn’t sure at the time how I would use the printed gold sheet, I only knew that I loved it. Maybe I’ll draw some ships while I’m landlocked in Bangalore too.

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