indu subaiya » Misc

Big Sur I love the way you smell

indu — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:17:54 +0000

I Love Light (Ojai)

indu — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:05:25 +0000

Meditation Series

indu — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:02:15 +0000

Seeing Blue Boy again

indu — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:40:19 +0000

I first saw this painting in the summer of 1983 on my first trip to LA with my grandparents who were visiting from India. I was totally taken – I remembering walking left and right and being puzzled by the eyes following me. I’d forgotten it’s name but remembered the blue. I remember being happy to be with my grandparents. The grandchild of Indian Anglophiles, I fell for the English grandeur of the Huntington Library in general. And then weirdly last week, I named a short film of mine Blue Boy, completely unaware that it was the name of this painting that had branded itself into my memory. I visited today, 27 years later, on my fifth wedding anniversary and it was just as pretty. And I checked, the eyes still follow you. Blue Boy, Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1770 at the Huntington Library.

The 2010 Health 2.0 Developer Challenge Launches

indu — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:18:04 +0000

A little over a month from conception. Welcome to the world! I hope you have a long and happy life.

Our Baldessari

indu — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:39:53 +0000

John Baldessari’s Pure Beauty exhibit at LACMA delivered the goods. He was there in person talking about how his “Nose” series was born out of the notion of visual cropping before cropping became an easy tool we take for granted in digital media. Here’s his Kissing Series: Simone Palm Trees (Near), 1975.

And our reverent homage.

Lebanon in a Strip Mall

indu — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:55:28 +0000

It’s still new and shocking to me to find really exotic dining experiences co-located with dry cleaners and 7-11s in LA’s most nondescript strip malls. Highlights of the menu at Marouch? Where to begin, but consider Jallab, a drink with crushed ice, raisin and grape juice, rose water, served with scoops of pinenuts and actual raisins. Hard to know whether to sip through a straw or use a spoon, mainly you need to do both. And Mouhamara, a spread of crushed walnuts mixed with hot red pepper paste and olive oil. It will transport you at rocket speed right out of your seat in a strip mall, in Los Angeles, in the United States, in 2010 for that matter!

Valentine’s Day

indu — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:15:43 +0000

The Week It Rained Everyday

indu — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:34:52 +0000

New Year’s Day – Venice Beach

indu — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:30:02 +0000