Crossing The Streets Of French Aesthetics

The Birth Of French Language : It All Begins In Gaul

Modern-day France and Belgium were once included in an ancient region of Western Europe known as Gaul, and while the Gaulish Language hasn’t left too much of an imprint on the modern French we learn today, it is the perfect place to begin getting to grips with the history of the French language.

When Gaul was conquered by the Romans in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, the Gaulish language (which was a Celtic language) came under attack-hence the true meaning of a ‘Romance language’ as “to speak in Roman fashion.”

The Germanic Invasions And Impact One Of The Most Popular Romantic Language

The Germanic invasions which followed – known by the Romans as the “barbaric invasions” – had a big impact on the French language. When the Empire’s frontiers collapsed and Gaul fell into the hands of the Franks, Vulgar Latin was further diluted by dialects from the different regions.

As Malcolm Offord notes in the French words including past and future the Franks imposed their own stress patterns and patterns of usage upon Vulgar Latin, and this goes a long way to explaining why French is so different to other languages descended from Latin – Italian and Spanish

“Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything.”

Romanticism In Literature And Politics

Paradoxically, given the role of the Revolution in fostering Romanticism, French Romanticism began a few years later than British and German, in part because French writers could be more directly involved in the politics than their European counterparts. Perhaps for this reason too it took a somewhat different course in the first generation; two of its main protagonists, de Staël and Constant, remained liberal, if chastened, revolutionaries. It was de Staël, in her extraordinarily influential Of Germany (1810), who brought German Romanticism to French, and wider European, notice.

dawn of an immense horizon, the first gleams of the future

Stages Of Calligraphy

‘Calligraphy is the most intimate, private and spontaneous expressive means. Like a fingerprint or voice it is unique with every person’. – *Hermann Zapf, German designer*

Learning Calligraphy Is All About Being Patient:

At the beginning, it can be discouraging to be starting from the ground up, practicing mundane ‘drills’ and feeling like your skills will never be as advanced as you’d like. But calligraphy and lettering are specialized skills. And just like you wouldn’t pick up an instrument and know how to play a song right away, you can’t just pick up a brush pen and be a master at calligraphy or lettering. You need to practice. A lot. Dedicate time for practice every single day, and you will get better. s we already established, calligraphy and handwriting are very different. In calligraphy, there are actually some BASIC strokes you have to learn before you can ever do your alphabet.

‘Perfection of handwriting needs proper education, regular exercises, and purity of the soul’.

Skipping Basics Can Lower Down One’s Performance:

In calligraphy, you need to start with the very, very basics. These are referred to as ‘strokes’. All of your letters are made up of strokes. So, practice the strokes- over, and over, and over again- until they’re consistent. The more consistent your strokes, the more consistent your letters. picking up a brush pen and copying someone’s else’s style would be like picking up an instrument and learning a song without knowing how to play each note. You could eventually figure out how to play the song by copying the sounds, but if someone asked you to play them a ‘G minor’, you wouldn’t know how. You skipped a step. Just grab some fancy brush pens and use them with my already-nice handwriting. Turns out, that’s the fast track to failure!

Each letter in every script known to man holds an eternal power, an individual beauty in its vertical, horizontal, angular lines, in their continuity’. –*Achyut Palav, Indian Calligrapher*

Use The Right Lettering Tools:

just until you know what you’re doing enough to get the expensive ones. And this is true- to an extent. You can practice with any supplies you want at the beginning- a pencil, a ballpoint pen, Crayola markers, your kids colouring supplies- but when you want to get serious, you need the right supplies.The simple reason: brush pens, inks, nibs, and papers are not created equal. If you use the wrong ones, you will frustrate yourself and ruin your supplies. even though some tools DO make our life easy, or can speed up some processes, the only way to see improvements fast is with practice, so try to carve as much time as you can, download some of my free workbooks and let’s focus on our deliberate practice!

The art of beautiful writing is accessible to anyone who wants to unlock its secrets.
*Julien Chazal*

Socializing With Others Of The Same Filed:

When you browse hashtags and look through your search page, you start to come across the same people over and over again. If you find someone whose style you really love, or who you think you’d get along with in real life, MESSAGE THEM! Be genuine- tell them what you love about their work, ask questions, and start a conversation. Learning calligraphy & lettering is tough, and it’s so nice to have other like-minded people on your side. I am a firm, firm believer in community over competition. So reach out to others- engage with them, tell them when you like their stuff. It really does go far.

From Basic Math To Vedic Math

Focus Of Vedic Math:

Vedic Mathematics is a collection of ancient tricks and techniques to execute arithmetic operations quickly and more efficiently. Vedic Math comes from the Vedas, more specifically the Atharva Veda. It was revived by Indian mathematician Jagadguru Shri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji between 1911 and 1918. He then published this work in a book called Vedic Mathematics in 1965. It comprises 16 sutras (formulae) and 13 sub sutras. Vedic Math is an ancient technique that simplifies multiplication, divisibility, complex numbers, squaring, cubing, square roots, cube roots, recurring decimals, and auxiliary fractions.

Why One Should Know Vedic Math?

*Makes elementary calculation 10-15 times faster
*Helps in accurate guessing
*Useful for all classes
*Reduces burden (need to learn tables up to 9 only)
*A magical tool to reduce finger counting and rough work
*Increases concentration
*Helps in reducing silly mistakes
Vedic maths provides answers in one line, as opposed to the several steps of traditional mathematics. There are six Vedanganas. The Jyotish Shastra is one of the six. Vedic Math forms part of this Jyotish Shastra. Vedic maths consists of 3 segments or ‘skandas’ (branches). The beauty of Vedic Math lies in its simplicity; all calculations can be done on pen and paper. The approach to solve problems stimulates and sharpens the mind, memory, and focus. It improves creativity and promotes innovation.

Vedic Math In Modern times

The portrayal of distinct brain zones engaged in highly active activity dealing with mathematics is at the heart of a growing neuroscientific knowledge of the mathematical functioning of human brains As a result, the presence of mind and the capture of thoughts while presenting the problem are just as important as the solution to the problem.

Vedic mathematics aids in mental computations that are both faster and more accurate. This combines 16 Sutras and 13 up Sutras. Mental calculations are beneficial to answer any complex equation in addition, division, multiplication, algebra, trigonometry, square, square root, cube, and cube root. And this is an ever-changing epoch in the human history.

Easy **answers to the Difficult Learning**

Indian Aesthetic And Culture

True culture includes all these four aspects and a cultured man ought to show development along all these four lines. It is therefore obvious that education in aesthetics is as essential if not more than mere intellectual or physical education. Man can never be complete or balanced or harmonical unless his emotions are trained, developed and sublimated, and herein comes the need for introducing art in our educational curriculum as a compulsory subject. Classical Dance is the highest form of art.

DANCE AND POWER OF ONENESS:

In the classical dance, dancer portrays multiple characters to tell stories based on Hindu philosophies with narratives of good versus evil. “since the ideal dance student is expected to render herself devoid of aham (egotism) and to become a selfless devotee of the dance, she must train to perform both male and female roles or styles of dance with equal dexterity.” There are certain dance forms that are associated with different genders, such as kathakali, typically for male dancers, and the mohini attam, which is performed primarily by women. classical training is the Ardhanarishwara, a “celebration of the half-man, half-woman deity” that requires dancers to move between male and female styles.

**THE CULTURE RICH IN ITS AESTHETICS AND DIVERSITY**

Indian Art Culture And Classical Dance Forms:

philosophy and practice may be traced back to the Sanskrit scripture Natyashastra. Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, etc are examples of Indian Classical Dance forms. until the 19th century, musical plays known as sangeet-nataka evolved into contemporary classical dance forms. Tandava and Lasya are the two main elements of Indian classical dance. Natya (the theatrical element of the dance, i.e. character impersonation) Bharat Muni’s Natya Shastra is the most important source for determining the features of dances.

POWER OF EXPRESSION THROUGH DANCE AND ITS DIFFERENT FORMS

Rasa’s Of The Classical Dance

Love, Heroism, Pathos, Humour, Anger, Fear, Disgust, Wonder, and Peace are the nine rasas.

Technically, the term “rasa” means rapture. According to the Natya shastra, Rasa is produced by a combination of the vibhaava (determinants, stimulus or right ambience), Anubhaava (the transitory mental status or the effective results of the excitation produced in the vibhaava) and vyaabhichaari bhaava (birth of the derived emotion). Rasa imparts blissful joy with a combination of abhinaya (histrionic representation) and sthaayee Bhaava (permanent sentiments). Since it is felt in the form of ecstasy, it is called the natya rasa. There can be no Rasa without Bhaava and no Bhaava without Rasa. Therefore, in histrionics, they attain perfection only when they complement each other. All the rasas are derived from the Sthayi bhava or State of mind. Thereafter the combination of vibhava (Determinants), Anubhav (consequents) and vyabhichari (Transitory mental status) give rise to the emotion (rasa).

**DESIGNED IN A WAY TO ELIVATE ONE’S CONSCIOUSNESS**

French Not Just A Language But Prettiest Way Of Communication.

French is a language that reflects both the rich cultural and historical heritage of France and also that of the worldwide Francophonie. It is a language of international diplomacy, a global business language, and a top internet language, which points to the growing importance of French. With deep historical roots in the U.S. and throughout North America and the Caribbean, it is also a local language. The ideas of the Enlightenment inspired the American Revolution, several of the Founding Fathers visited Paris to elicit French support of the revolutionary cause, and France has been considered America’s oldest ally.

French As A Vocation

French is a global business language, and knowledge of French can lead to career opportunities. A 2011 Bloomberg study found French to be the third most useful language for international business, with only English and Mandarin Chinese more useful. French is the second most studied language in the world, with 100 million students around the world—a huge market. Over a million students study French in the Alliance Française alone.

French In The Time Ahead:

French is considered an advantage in personal life, in culture, in travel, in education, in the workplace, and in terms of access to information around the world. With 900 million people learning French around the world, our relative lack of French language skills and knowledge of francophone culture may mean that we are falling behind and may put our futures at risk. So, for all of these reasons and many more, the question for most of us should no longer be Why French? but rather Why not French? and Why not now?

Hobbies That Will Make You Feel Productive

Do you think hobbies are a waste of time? Well, you need to think again. Hobbies not only provide pleasure but can also be productive. While choosing your hobbies, you should focus on your areas of interest and skills, so as to make the most of them. Your hobbies should be realistic and focus on long term benefits rather than just ways of passing time. The three things that you should keep in mind while choosing a hobby should be, the creative factor, productivity, and career prospects. In this article, we’re going to talk about some hobbies that will make you feel productive.

Write A Story

Writing something is always a productive option whether it’s something as basic as daily journaling, or something artistic like poetry or prose writing. It is one of the most effective and powerful skills that does not require too many resources. All you need is a notebook, and a pen, or simply, an electronic device. As far as creativity is concerned, writing holds a fairly high position in the list of most creative hobbies because it is limitless. Words can have no limit, and thus, there’s no end to the art of writing. You can write whatever you wish to and have your audience read your writing for as long as you want them to. When it comes to productivity, there could be no other hobby as productive as writing. Moreover, writing as a hobby can also turn out to be extremely beneficial for your career, if you choose to pursue it later in life.

Engage In Yoga

Yoga can be that change in your life that you have always wanted. It has miraculous benefits. Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself! Not only can yoga make your body fitter, but it can also make your mind more stable by blocking out distractions and alleviating stress. If you develop a routine and are able to follow that everyday, you would notice positive changes in your lifestyle in no time. You would become more disciplined and positive in your approach and at the same time, have a stable fitness regime. If you have always craved for a dream body, this is the time to motivate yourself and kickstart the process of achieving it!

Gardening

If you’re looking for a hobby that’s extremely productive while at the same time is a stress-buster as well, you should nurture your love for growing plants and start gardening. It has been found out that gardening is not only great for controlling anxiety and depression, but it is also good for a holistic development. Moreover, who doesn’t like a regular homemade supply of fruits and veggies, right? You wouldn’t have to run to the market when guests arrive and you want to serve them good quality herbs. You could simply choose the best ones from your self-grown garden. Enough reason for you to start gardening? Knew it!

How Hobbies Make You A Better Person

Without a side hustle, your life may become dull, monotonous, and might end up in an unhealthy cycle. While having a defined routine seems good, taking up a hobby can add excitement and spark to your life that it may need to enhance your progress. A hobby can turn out to be your creativity vent and act as a stress buster that helps cultivate happiness.
However, if you are uncertain why you should engage in a fun, recreational activity, I recommend you check out the rest of the blog, where we mention 8 ways how hobbies make you a better person.

Hobbies challenge you

When you work at something for a long time, whether crafting a piece, taking photos or baking a cake, you keep setting bars for yourself; this feels comforting. When other aspects of your life become downright horrible, you can fall back on your hobby and use it as a coping mechanism. Spending time doing an enjoyable activity that is not attached to work or other commitments will help increase your happiness and content with life. It will allow you to spend time doing something that will benefit you wholly and make you a better person.

Hobbies make you social

Mutual tastes in certain hobbies are the surest ways to connect with other people. Hobbies like sports, dance, playing music or travelling are super social. If such activities appeal to you, you will be bound to meet new people and make some friends along the way. But even if your hobby is quite a solidarity activity, if you go online, you will find access to a whole community of like-minded hobbyists sharing their wisdom and offering you friendship.
Hanging about with like-minded people who share your passions can turn out to be an effective way to increase your social circle. Connecting with other people will help you learn new things and improve your skills while also making friends.

Hobbies promote discipline

Regardless of the hobby chosen, that kind of progressive learning naturally teaches discipline. When you have a more patient mindset about the things you set out to do, it could help you more easily see that it is worthwhile to set your sights on productivity or creativity goals. Patience is also closely associated with self-control, and scientists have found a link between better levels of self-control and having better health and productivity.

Hobbies grant you sense of purpose

Hobbies offer you an opportunity to take recreational breaks while also giving you a sense of purpose. If you are engaged in an activity, you never feel like you are just spinning your wheels. You can do something while still having fun. Also, the more you do a hobby, the more you are likely to learn about the subject, which will provide you with an increased sense of life satisfaction. Maybe you want to learn a new language or better your cooking skills. The more you engage in your hobby, the more knowledge you will gain.

Hobbies can provide additional income

You may find a hobby that you are good enough in to make sales for extra income. You may even get the chance to turn your hobby into a full-time job. Case in point, if you find that you have a knack for baking, you may offer your baked goodies to people, which could turn into a full-time job.

Hobbies improve your self-confidence and self-esteem

Pushing your limits and getting out of your comfort zone will help you build your self-esteem as you achieve things you thought were impossible. Each time you progress with your hobby, you are pushing yourself more into the achiever perspective. Once you get to the point where you are confident about what you are doing, you will find success in your journey and feel a sense of internal motivation to continue.

Hobbies introduce you to fresh perspectives

Having a new hobby can be very effective when it comes to building character. It enriches your life and provides you with a different perspective on things. Regardless of what type of hobby you take up, you will explore yourself with new people and ideas. Having a hobby will help you grow in many ways, including exposing you to new opinions and better outlooks to look at life.

Hobbies help ward off depression

Some common hobbies that people have found to help ward off anxiety and depression include listening to music, volunteering, keeping a gratitude journal, and travelling. Taking time to relax and engage in an enjoyable activity can help benefit your mental health, as you always have something to look forward to.

Takeaway

Your hobby should be a pleasurable activity that allows you to take your mind off of the demands of your daily life or negative emotions. It is a healthy and productive distraction from work or personal worries.
As the old saying quotes, “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.” Hobbies keep you out of this crisis and help relieve the monotony. So, rather than sitting around trying to find something to entertain you, you can jump back into an exciting hobby that serves you life-longing benefits and makes you a better person.

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