“Your head is wild with books, Sybil,
But your heart is good and kind—
I feel a new contentment near you,
A pleasure of the mind.”
In this acrylic on canvas, the bond of two friends, or Sakhi, has been beautifully narrated and celebrated. A textured blue background fills the heart with a sense of calm and bliss, the kind one feels in the presence of a beloved friend. In the center of the painting are two friends, one dressed in a lovely pink-purple, sitting on a rock, with her hands on her pleated hair, and the other standing behind her, holding a banana leaf to shade her friend from the rain that falls, and a lotus flower- a symbol of purity.
The expressions of the girl with the banana leaf umbrella suggest an active presence, a liveliness, while the girl on the rock has her eyes partly closed, creating a contrast with the features of her friend. Depicted in two different moods, the two friends not only complement each other but are nurtured and cherished in the other’s presence. As the girl in pink relaxes and finds her calm, her friend stands guarding her from the rains, as a heart-warming image of the effortless peace the heart finds in the company of a true friend.
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