It’s April of 2024 and Day 04 of the A to Z challenge. This year I am doing the theme of ‘26 Moments’ on my blog. I plan to pull out A to Z parts from diverse set which are more than just the parts and possibly describe the world of their own. It can be a wonder, an invention, a community, the philosophy, a thought, a lead, a culture, a design, or basically anything that would make one wonder and ponder on. 26 imperfect petite flashes that are amongst and around us.
My everyday will have a selection, description, an eight line poem followed by an interpretation.
Day 04: Duende
This Spanish word had me. Though the word from folklore translates to ghost or a goblin in Spanish and in other cultures, it has a profounder meaning to it. It majorly describes the art that can make you feel things. It describes the heightened state of emotion from an artistic performance. Art can have mysterious power that can move someone beyond emotions. Art can have a power to summon a deep feeling within and send down a secret chill vibe from heart to soul, leave us in awe and wire us into a world of imagination. All of that, one word – duende. An authentic feeling that can deeply move a person.
Poem:
There is a limitation,
In ignorance,
In Intelligence,
Innate.
And then there is an art.
I am moved,
Because it fits
In my imperfections.
While there could be a theory for everything, there must also be a theory for nothing. A nothing theory, possibly, all it says is – You got to see it. Else, there is nothing else to see. If you see, you see it.
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