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 A long, full day in town. Woke up early to attend a class, then met a friend for a day in town. Brunched at Nutcracker Colaba, visited the Prince of Wales museum (which has been spruced up remarkably but remains cryptic with information and thematic organization as before), traipsed along Colaba and found ourselves at the Subko at Abode, ate at Gokul, found a few nice cheap shirts to buy, walked by the sea a bit, and then got home.

A ton was discussed and I need to maybe unpack a couple of things...Jungian archetypes being one of them.But for now, pictures of a day gone by, complete with pictures of a window with black gauze curtains from the museum.

I loved the eyes of this following bust. So detailed.

The museum is actually quite pretty. 

The following piece was a really cool installation of men hanging from a local train whilst blitzing across the city. This really was like a secret code for people who have lived and worked in Bombay during a certain period of time. So many people, includng kids growing up in Bombay today or those who have moved in here today, won't get the reference.

For some reason, the museum has a ton of mythological pieces from around teh country with very little from Maharashtra. This bit below is an interesting statue of a dog who resided with a saint in his cave for a while. When the saint died and he went to some intermediary plane, he was not able to stay away from his dog so he came back to Earth to keep the dog company. Finally, the dog led him to enlightenment. That was so sweet!

The following set is a crowd of cute little lamas! Such chubby cherubs!

It seems as if Bhairava, the rudra or fierce avatar of Lord Shiva is gaining traction in today's times. This one bust is actually quite beautoful when you observe the various other heads and eyes in sculpted in his mukut (crown).

Mountain figurines are so beautiful and delicate. I am always drawn in by the long tapering fingers and eyes closed with attention and rapture. It's a common motif in all of these mountain art. 

I loved this little windo with black gauze curtains. It lended a touch of old world mystery to the place.

The museum is quite random. Out of nowhere there's some peacock-oriented art from Rajasthan. Why? Who knows?

I loved this clay bust of an elephant! It looks so peaceful and happy.

Some wheel of life art painted on fabric.

The following bust is that of Buddha. Such a handsome face! Watching a lot of Buddha statues together, it is fascinating to see his features change from lotus-eyed, long-nosed prince to Oriental-featured spiritual master. 

Jain statue - this is the 22nd Tirthankara.

There is a variation of this in Elephanta.

Oh, this is such a sweet, sweet picture! This is also Buddha - in the form of a prince. Some people consider him to be an Emperor of the world, apart from being the Enlightened One. This is a representation of that. I think he looks a little like Lord Krishna here with a peacock feather on his crown. His expression is so serene, kind, and joyful.

We then walked out of the museum and found ourselves at Subko where I had cold water. COLD water. Such a precious luxury.

It's quite a cute Subko! Small teensy place but with the trademark community table and I liked the rajnigandha here.

This Subko is in an old heritage building. I was quite taken in with the chandelier here. 

We walked around, shopped a few things, and then went to Gokul. Finally we left and saw a tiny patch of lights and bulbs threaded aross a small patch at Bade Miya. A sweet little spot of joy. Always Bombay.