A book an friendship and my take on it !
One of my friends told me that “a book finds you” , yeah – he was stating the fact , this one somehow I stumbled across Kindle . I am happy that I did , and the book found me !Really !
The story of Ted , Joar ,Ali , and the Artist , takes all of us back to the memory lane which we don’t revisit often in the midst of chaos , dim , and bustle !
They are in perpetuality of being friends , does not matter where they are , under the gravestones , in the heaven , on the pier , in the harbor , or in the prison .They are just one soul , just the visuality are different ! Yes , they are! For them summer is heaven ! They talk of everything , they share everything life, food, thoughts, and sometimes dog shit , literally !They fought, they laughed , they cried and oh boy , how they did , they did together , just one soul , yeah the bodies just for everyone else!
The story encapsulates , in its raw form , unadulterated – about life, friendship, ambition, and its continuity !This is some ride I would see to embark for eternity , for good !The book feels like a train ride of 36 hours – from the start , you assume how boring it gonna be ,and you make some friends on the train , and the at end of the 5th hour you wish the journey should never end !First of this author , this has been a joy ride for me , keeps you intrigued through out , while ensuring emotional bursts occasionally – of laughter, tears, and melancholy !
The book is one of a kind! This book is full of quotes , some by the author , some by others! The favorite of mine is: “you realize you are 50 , when you use shampoo on your ass rather than your head” .. LOL !
On the quest to hang a painting in the museum ,they ignore their troubled life, a battered childhood, a drunken dad, a dilapidated house , and a broken mom! The scars they wear on their bodies resemble some medal like the ones boxers wear from the ring ! And of the tears, those were usual , everyday stuff ! They were just 14 and turning 15 ! They were happy , with the scars and the tears , they never ceased to smile!
The artist , used to say , “Art is never finished , Art is abandoned” ! Isn’t the life same? You die , your dreams are always in future tense – at least most of us , others are famous really , like the ones in the Himalayas , not sure if you saw one of them… lol – gone – you are abandoned !And of present ? who cares? If you don’t keep on dreaming , you are a stupid – yes they say , actually we all say! Art and life should be like the birds sing, they sing irrespective of where and how they are – that’s what the Artist thought ! Like the Pluto , it still revolves around the Sun , that’s what I read yesterday ! And love , its chaos – at least for Joar!
With friends, everyday may not be best one , at least each day has the potential to be the one , isn’t that beautiful ? With friends tear or the trauma , or be it the happiness – difference is that they don’t let you to endure or savor it alone! This is something we all take for granted , for free and how we complicate things ? egos – that’s where we stay alone , forever not realizing how easily available was the companionship , the happiness ! Friends are not like magnets, they are like colors, they don’t attract, they mix with each other , just like all these friends mingle with each other , one soul & 4 flesh-and-bloods! They just continued to live with the unfadeable memory with their humans! Also to note , triumph or toil , with friends , looks different , completely opposite how you perceive it alone – try it I would say !
Hey there ,not a second thought please, this one is gold and 24 carat ! Go & grab – remember to be friends, the real one !
I can write a book on this book – may be some other day , my one , for my humans! I have to stop – otherwise I will not be able to dream to secure my times ahead , or else I will be a stupid , a failure ! I am a success – that’s what I say to others ! What you say ? I mean usually !