Kaleidoscopic Reflections

As the turquoise, jasper, sapphire and amethyst contrive with light to reflect ecletic patterns in a kaleidoscope, so does Kadhambini's family and society. She chronicles three disrupted, yet connected, series of events, occuring at discrete instants of time - all bound by the inner contradictions involved in the experiences of the world by its characters. This is a tale of a Tamil family, spanning five generations, and how their destiny is inextricably linked to the fate of the land of contradictions: India

Day-to-day happenings make for interesting observations. Observations related to people, emotions, situations, events and even oneself. This book presents a collection of poems giving my perspective on these relatable topics. Each one of these comes straight from the heart. I have enjoyed spending time with myself to pen down these thoughts. Hope you enjoy the read too. If any of these thoughts linger on and give you points to ponder upon, I will consider it a job well-done. Happy Reading! P.S: This book pairs great with your favorite brew!

Beyond Spatial Montage: Windowing, or the Cinematic Displacement of Time, Motion, and Space offers an extended discussion of the morphology and structure of compositing, graphic juxtapositions, and montage employed in motion pictures. Drawing from the history of avant-garde and commercial cinema, as well as studio-based research, here media artist and theorist Michael Betancourt critiques cinematic realism and spatial montage in motion pictures. This new taxonomic framework for conceptualizing linkages between media art and narrative cinema opens new areas of experimentation for today’s film editors, motion designers, and other media artists.

This is an anthology of short stories, essays, and poetry by this author.

Poetry Goes Mainstream!Introducing the "Kaleidoscope" Series of "Life's Meaningful Reflections"Volume 1: "That's ENUF!!!"Volume 2: "One Great Gift"Volume 3: "There Is Greatness Within You!!!"Easy to read, but not easily forgotten. Relaxing, but thought provoking.Down-to-earth musings on living experiences. Thought provoking prose, poetry, songs, ¿, sometimes with humor, ¿, sometimes with a wee bit of the art of satire, ¿sometimes with great poignancy, ¿, that the Reader often personally relates to.Can be enjoyed alone by the fireplace, or shared in a group. An excellent group discussion book.Each Volume offers varied subjects, ¿, from parallel universes to how much lasagna I can eat without gaining weight!Poetry with a Purpose!!!This is more than a "Poetry" book. It is Our Creative Workbook!The Poet's thoughts, poems, songs, and everyday living experiences shared for the Reader's inspiration, instruction, enlightenment, and enjoyment. Since creativity is contagious, these moments together will prime the pump of the Reader's own innate Creative Genius!"We really need each other, and the encouragement that our associations bring." "Spark your own Creative bent, By sharing the way The Poet's life went!" As you read the shared thoughts, poems, and experiences, and your imagination takes flight, use the space provided at the end of every "Poem" to record your own "Reflections", ideas, and creative musings. Everyone has a piece of life's Kaleidoscopic puzzle, and we need them all, ¿, YOURS AND MINE. The picture will not be complete until we have all contributed our part. "Together we can fill our world with the order and beauty that we are all craving."Unlimited universal appeal.These are living books. The Reader is drawn into the experience, and emerges with a new, unique self-expression of The Creative Stream of Life in which We are ALL swimming!Vanessa

Gouache is an exciting, forgiving and versatile fine art medium. It has a long history going back many centuries, but for some time it has been seen as a medium for illustrators and designers. It has now been rediscovered by the fine artist. In this beautiful book, Kevin Scully champions its cause and explores its attributes. He explains how it can be used to exciting and stunning effect when painting still life. Further topics include: understanding and using colour effectively with sections on paint, colour, tone, light and shadow; painting flowers, objects and backgrounds; traditional and contemporary approaches with step-by-step examples and finally, ways to develop your painting and experiment with different styles, exciting compositions and new techniques. Beautifully illustrated with 186 colour images.

Investigating the relations between American literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the sciences of the brain and the nervous system, this volume shows how literary authors investigated, used and challenged this emerging neurophysiology.

Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture brings to light complex readings of transparent glass through close observations of six pivotal works of architecture. Written from the perspectives of a practitioner, the six essays challenge assumptions about fragility and visual transparency of glass. A material imbued with idealism and utopic vision, glass has captured architects’ imagination, and glass’s fragility and difficulties in thermal control continue to present technical challenges. In recent decades, architecture has witnessed an emergence of technological advancements in chemical coating, structural engineering, and fabrication methods that resulted in new kinds of glass transparencies. Buildings examined in the book include a sanatorium with expansive windows delivering light and air to recovering tuberculosis patients, a pavilion with a crystal clear glass plenum circulating air for heating and cooling, a glass monument symbolizing the screen of personal devices that shortened the distance between machines and humans, and a glass building symbolizing the social and material intertwining in the glass ceiling metaphor. Connecting material glass to broader cultural and social contexts, Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture enlightens students and practitioners of architecture as well as the general public with interest in design. The author demonstrates how glass is rarely crystal clear but is blurred both materially and metaphysically, revealing complex readings of ideas for which glass continues to stand.