Transition...

Trying to match my own foot-steps with the rythm of some music ringing in my head, I was trotting towards an unknown destination, when I heard her again. She looked so different today, dressed in all white, she sprinkled the magic of crystals and pearls around. She had a cool new breeze around her, but the eyes were still warm and compassionate. She just smiled at me and I felt the greeting go somewhere deep down inside me, fastening few old knots. "and you thought, I forgot you!" she winked. I just smiled and said, "You look different, but I still like you!"

I remember the last time when I had spoken to her, she was all clad in green, fresh green! She had blessed everything around with tiny little diamonds that just looked mesmerizing. I was almost in tears when I said good-bye to her. Was it the fear of loosing her or just the thought that I wont see her like this again? I can't still make out.

But these are the few moments when I feel real close to something that is pure and vibrant. Everytime we meet, she fills me with a new faith, a faith in the belief called 'Life' and makes me re-discover my love for most graceful of the Truths, the 'Change'!

(Picture taken from Daniel Colvin's online gallery at http://www.colvinart.com/PearlWebSite/index.htm )

Contradiction..

'Transparent'- there's so many times I come across this word in text and I get annoyed.

In technical terms it means "Invisible. In software, an action is transparent if it takes place without any visible effect." In normal language it means "clear, see-through, translucent, visible!!"

'Transparency (again in software) is considered to be a good characteristic of a system because it shields the user from the system's complexity'. Ok fine...then how the hell can it be called 'transparent'? Who coined this word for the given behavior? He/she should have rightly called it "opaque". For creatures like me, it just adds to confusion!!