030512 - Morphosis

The wind blows strongly on the New York streets this evening.. a sign of change.. not that this City needed any such propellant.. but often Nature comes across in garbs to colour the morphosis in a multitude of hues which in itself provides a platform for contemplation.

Did I say morphosis?.. my own personal one begins too, because I to be married off to a Tree.. a tree you say.. and I say.. yes, that is what I said.. a Tree? The verdict was given half way round the globe (from me) after consulting the planets and the charts and the fates that be.. It is not safe enough to marry right away.. the first marriage Must be to a Tree.. a tree I say? (and so do you) and the answer is ‘So it has been Said.. so it shall be Done’ I stumble and I gasp and I investigate and I find that Mars is in the 10th House in my horoscope. It makes for me being aggressive and demanding and essentially a not very nice first marriage.. but apparently this Tree in question can take this attitude very well.. so there we go.. I am to marry a Tree.. no questions to be asked (or answered for that matter). Strange are the ways of the learned in India (maybe I am not worthy). What does one do in such a case? Well, as my friend suggested, I should find a tree ‘whose apple has not been picked’. But then apparently I should not be silly, ‘they don’t really mind’. Have you ever walked on a precipice towards the unknown not knowing what is going to befall you?.. well in this case I am to walk through this precipice and know what is waiting for me at the end.. a Tree! What are my obligations here?.. does she stay with me after marriage?.. Do I stay with her?.. what are my views on pollination?.. would I be considered a cannibal for eating the fruit?.. the mind is powerless against the possibilities.. will I even be considered human after this is over (though it would be kind of nice to create a kind of separation from the human race the way it is going right now). Maybe therapy can help.. for Mars or for me.. I will accept either. Needless to say none of you are invited.. though my wonderfully cinematically inclined brother, I am sure, will document it till we are blue in the face or our smiles are all wooden (sorry.. terrible one there)

Since I got his news I have done much research and am now a certified member of CyberAstro which tells me how the planet configurations are affecting me today, for the week and the month and the year ahead and offers appropriate chantings to dispel the Illfavour.. Also I have discovered that two of my friends have been married off to Trees as well.. different species from mine.. but Trees never the less.. but they talk about it like they went in to the local grocery for a toothbrush. In true American spirit I am in the process of opening the New York chapter of BOTTS (Brotherhood Of The TreeS). Please do feel free to share notes and pointers if you are going to go through or have gone through a similar fate.

In other mind altering experiences I visited the Matisse Picasso exhibit at the MOMA which actually did succeed in altering the Mind.. it was spectacular.. it is always wonderfull to be swept away by the power of peoples’ visions, complications, contemplations, fights and talents.. and the imagery succeeded admirably in doing all this and more.

Also I rowed a boat at the lake in Central Park and realized I have to work on Mars.. or rather my companions realized it for me.

and most wonderfully of all a friend of mine closing up home Upstate gave me a part of his indescribably rich and delightfull library.. which results in no walls being seen in this shoe box I call home.. but also on the beauty and depth of the written word.

Well that about sums up a part of it.. the architecture is madness.. I would have it no other way.. a project of incredible beauty is on its way.

In the meanwhile I have digressed a little bit and am part of a company which provides consultancy in railroads (my parents and uncle formed this enterprise and I am now one of the directors).. soon we will be spreading our rails.

India beckons as always and I will be there for the month of June.. an update on that and maybe a visit to old stomping grounds in Europe to follow.