50 Posts - And Miles to Go!

This is my 50th post. The journey so far has been exciting. I have written some good pieces. Lots of things in life went on to inspire me. My wife who has always been the biggest of all sources of inspiration, has contributed to so many of my poems. She has been the first to read my posts. And she has many comments to make, apart from those she has written on the blogs themselves. She is incredible. She has made me love her so much, so much that I never thought I ever could. I never knew how two people from complete different backgrounds with a quarter of their lives spent in contrasting environments can get their souls fused together seamlessly. Marriages are made in heaven!

However, at this juncture of my blog-writing career, which I am sure is going to continue further, my thoughts go to Daniel Huggard (black and white picture). He is an amazing personality. We met when I joined Deloitte in India and Daniel had traveled from US to train us. It wasn't difficult for our batch of new joinees to assess his intellectual brilliance. But I was very inspired by his aesthetics. He calls himself amateur photo-journalist. Modest that he is. He is fabulous. I used to read his blog everyday. His views of inanimate and living objects, that seldom attract attention, were astonishing and very thought provoking. And they made me feel that venting out my inner voice in whatever channel it may take, is absolutely essential for creative satisfaction. And there I began.

My gratitude to Daniel, who has inspired me and many more, including my wife, to look at the world with eyes that can sense patterns, that can appreciate colors, that can weave our imagination with objects around, and thus, can make our existence truly meaningful.

(Daniel's blog is at http://f8photo.blogspot.com/ and http://pixonomy.com)
The other picture is of my Deloitte workmates whom I visited during my trip to India last fortnight).