He walked in... That's what the reception told me... A walk-in guest...
I mentally geared myself for a half an hour's encounter with a tourist just walking in to 'see' vijnana kalavedi... there's nothing to be seen here. The culture, the arts, the food, the people, all have to be felt...
But, no, this was no tourist...
It was an artist...exuding the fragrance of a satisfied life...
He was pure happiness and content just as his hair was pure white...
He vibrated such positive energy...such a radiance...and such love for all things beautiful...
He was a knowledge seeker, a lover of books...
When Gilbert Defloe talked about the many opera he had directed, his experiences came alive...
When he talked about witnessing a lunar eclipse in france...the hushed silence, the eerie light which he tried to recreate later on stage... you live in his memories...
He made the day special...
He walked in...and changed the very air i breathe...
I spent a marvellous day with him...
