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FiftyFive ~ # 5
This is my Hockney which he sent online via the BBC (I don't own it exculsively) and I like it - he has, as his life has gone on, become someone who still manages to fascinate me. The easy accessibility of his work can often be mistaken for a lack of depth but if I can travel to Nottingham to see the major exhibition there I will. Made a new acquaintance today, an intelligent and utterly stunning young woman (barely more than a girl) by the name of Kirti (I think) - which is Hindu and she told me it meant "creation". She was immensely interesting - had just completed her MA in Human Rights and I just thought, wow and what a great subject to study! Anyway she is going back to India to work, in February, and said she would send me an email from Delhi and let me know how she is getting on. Which is great and all because I asked her about herself while she was checking my shopping out in the supermarket. That is not unusual in a University town, students working in supermarkets, supporting their studies has become the way of the world. But I always like to speak to the checkout assistants, especially when their names reveal they are from a different culture, for there is so much to learn by asking rather than just watching the price of bananas or haloumi or satsumas or... or... or whatever as they ping past. And I was glad we had that chat - all too often words are wasted on nothingness and we shook hands and I wished her happy Christmas even though she is Hindu and she smiled back the most wonderful smile in response - which was such a pleasing part of the day, and I hope she does write to let me know how things are from across the world - especially knowing she is going back home to work in human rights.
This is my Hockney which he sent online via the BBC (I don't own it exculsively) and I like it - he has, as his life has gone on, become someone who still manages to fascinate me. The easy accessibility of his work can often be mistaken for a lack of depth but if I can travel to Nottingham to see the major exhibition there I will. Made a new acquaintance today, an intelligent and utterly stunning young woman (barely more than a girl) by the name of Kirti (I think) - which is Hindu and she told me it meant "creation". She was immensely interesting - had just completed her MA in Human Rights and I just thought, wow and what a great subject to study! Anyway she is going back to India to work, in February, and said she would send me an email from Delhi and let me know how she is getting on. Which is great and all because I asked her about herself while she was checking my shopping out in the supermarket. That is not unusual in a University town, students working in supermarkets, supporting their studies has become the way of the world. But I always like to speak to the checkout assistants, especially when their names reveal they are from a different culture, for there is so much to learn by asking rather than just watching the price of bananas or haloumi or satsumas or... or... or whatever as they ping past. And I was glad we had that chat - all too often words are wasted on nothingness and we shook hands and I wished her happy Christmas even though she is Hindu and she smiled back the most wonderful smile in response - which was such a pleasing part of the day, and I hope she does write to let me know how things are from across the world - especially knowing she is going back home to work in human rights.
