Thursday, 22 November 2007

On Rodin’s Thinking Man


Who is he and what is he thinking about? That’s the one chunk of question that flashes in my mind whenever I see the world famous sculpture of Auguste Rodin. The link on Rodin at Wikepedia says that Rodin wanted ‘to celebrate individual character and physicality’. I appreciate him for that attitude. He never compromised on his values and integrity. To quote once again from Wikepedia ‘Rodin was sensitive to the controversy about his work, but did not change his style’. He is indeed a non-conformist and the only literary parallel that I can think of is Shelly’s roaring West wind.
Now going back to the question in the beginning. What are thoughts run through the mind of the Thinking Man.?
Please note the fact that he is Nameless/Costumless. His lack of costumes enhances his individuality and his non-conformist attitude.

Some random thoughts that are running through the mind of the thinking man….

Maybe he is worried about his nakedness
Maybe he is thinking about thinking
Maybe he preoccupied with thoughts about his girlfriend.
Maybe he is worried about the sad plight of humanity
Maybe he is thinking about the flood/Tsunami victims
Maybe he is thinking about child labour.

1 comment:

shri said...

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