Arts Around Living

Arts Around Living

P K Routray

On a man arts cast magic spell

by their captivating artistic tale

when he visits an arts’ pavilion

or sees on an iconic place, its adoration.

Is each art a unique and an innovative creation

fit to get only a knowledgeable mass’ appreciation?

Would Picasso and Michelangelo be called artists alone?

Will others lesser known be bereft of such reorganization?

On my six decade impression, such queries forced me to reflect upon.

where my applause and accolades, artists and their arts then had drawn.

I had seen arts on eatables, on glasses for drinking  water

on cots, beds, pillows and in the carpet on the bed room floor.

I had seem arts on special occasions drawn on walls, floors and doors,

arts on containers and bins for storage of grains all still my heart adores.

Drawn, knitted and created are those by artists out of love and passion

Artists remained anonymous least bothering for name, fame and recognition.

The ingredients for these artists’ works were from the nature

Eco friendly they were to the health those bear no danger.

In items of food, utensils, containers and garments

furniture, house decorative, bullock carts to ornaments

their artistry though got confined to a particular tiny locality

but such arts put together serves the entire wider humanity.

Amidst such arts and crafts with joy man then lived in.

Hence then monotony in such community living I had rarely seen.

Add to these human creation, the nature was nurtured to flourish.

Both arts in tandem made living in village wonderful, ever to cherish.