Sunsets

This post has no link with the previous one.😏

Many of us like sunsets, don't we? Even I do. In fact, I love sunsets. It does not matter where the place is: whether it's a mountain, or the beach, a snow covered peak, or the sea, among the clouds, or behind the skyscrapers; I love it everywhere. 

I never miss a chance to watch the sun retire for the day. Well, most of the times I tend to predict when the sunset is going to be one among the clouds with the sky turning as golden as hay, with a touch of pink and a tinge of orange on the evergreen background of blue and indigo. And, there can never be a better excuse to take the camera out of the hidden chambers and capture the moment's changes! Have you ever noticed how fast the sun sets? It's like as if it changes every second; the look, the shades of the sky, the pattern and placement of clouds(if any), the sun's position and the atmosphere. Once in motion, the sun does not take more than fifteen minutes to set, actually it takes even less, and every minute looks like as though some painter is completing his masterpiece.

Fig 1: Radhanagar Beach, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

But how many of us do really appreciate this aspect of nature? We go to different places to admire the sublime beauty lying in nature, but we don't perceive the simplicity and charm in and around our locality. It's true what Rabindranath said in one of his poems

".... Dekhite giyachi porbotmala, dekhite giyachi sindhu
Dekha hoy na chokhhu meliya,
Ghor hote sudhu dui pa feliya
Ekti dhaner shisher upor ekti shishir bindu."

But I have seen. I have seen the sun set the way few others do. I have seen beauty where others see nothing. I have seen sunset from a tourist spot known for it and also from the balcony of our flat. Trust me, both of them are beautiful. The difference is of the mood and the place. It's just the way one sees it- the same thing might appear dull and boring to someone who is not paying his full attention. Sometimes, even with a lot of attention everyone cannot percieve beauty because everyone is not born with the same mindset. Thus, I feel blessed because I have a mind which can appreciate and admire nature in all its forms. After all, all you need is a mind to see and a heart to percieve ☺.

 Sometimes you should take a break. Sometimes you should go out into the balcony. (sorry if your balcony does not provide you with a splendid view; mine does).

In the end, every day is a new day; and every sunset is an unique one. Just give it a little time and you will realise it. Shakespeare said something very true in his play 'The Merchant of Venice':

Portia- "How many things by season season'd are

               To their right praise and true perfection!"

Fig 2: Chidiyatapu Beach, Andamans again.