When Silence Speaks...

I did not  realize until one of my friend who visited my home recently bought to my attention that I have a thing for the dancing girl. Unknowingly my heart connects to it, which shows up in my art. I had 4 paintings and a few collectibles of a ballet dancer.  I was looking at them yesterday and thinking, why? Why my sub-conscious mind or heart leans towards the dancing girl? I think it’s that free blissful soul of a woman that speaks to me. When she bends and swirls like there’s nothing in this world that matters to her at that moment. It reflects that freedom, that pure happiness, that act of breathing everything in, of embracing everything around, of just being herself.  Just the act of stretching your arms wide, bending your back and looking up at the sky - fills you in with so much peace(try it once if you haven’t already). Now I know that I have always carried this feeling; I checked my pictures; any place I connect to, I pose in the same manner. 

Last month I was in USA, travelling around meeting friends both at work and outside. I was meeting them all after at least 8 months And every single person who met me almost after 8 months and some after an year, the first thing they said to me as soon as they met me was - “You look good. Looks like Canada suits you well”, “Have you met someone? Are you dating someone?”, “You look so happy. You definitely love Canada.”  And these weren’t words by just my friends from years of friendship; but even my colleagues from office, had the same reaction. Pretty much, every single person I met, over 50 folks, could see the difference.  I was so curious that I asked couple of them, what’s the change that’s so evident to the world? My hairstyle dint change, it’s still short; I couldn’t see anything different in me. They replied that I genuinely look happy, there’s a glow on my face, like that of someone in love. And I smiled. I don’t know what changed in me, and there is no doubt I a