If all artists are dead....

Of late i started wondering , what would have happened to the world, if there are no artists.

I always  consider an artist not as an entertainer but as the one who will show us ways of expressing an emotion in different forms of media.

They say beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, but those eyes are controlled by the brain which learns many things including identification of beauty while growing up. The society teaches us whats beauty along with many. Here society does not refer to the rules and customs of the society but the widely accepted entertainment.

Da vinci felt that the half smile of a women is beautiful, and he is an artist, so he drew whats in  his mind , and ever since monalisa become the synonym for beauty.  In fact the whole bunch of authors , who are majorly from European, made being fair is equal to being beautiful. The same thing with long hair. I believe, we think those are attractive only because we learned to believe so.  The same logic goes to political opinions. 

This pattern is observed not only in forming opinions but also the way we act in a situation. Its not unknown that die-hard fans have the same mannerisms of their favorite actors. Of course some of them are trying to impersonate them but still....

But i was not able to decide if this concept is negative or positive at an individual level. I no longer have to think  and feel to form opinions on something, and i have ready-made action bits and dialogs to use in a social situation. That takes load out of my mind , but am i not becoming a slave to my surroundings ?

But i think its ok, because it could not affect the world as a whole , there are many out there who think and not ashamed to announce that they dont like music of ilayaraja at all. And not every A.R.R music is a hit, not every chiranjeevi movie or Bapu movie is a hit. I belong to the minority which believes aiswarya roy looks stupid and dusky girls are more attractive. Not all people like books of chetan bhagat. So, no matter in what length the society wants to teach us, not all of us want to be taught something based on popular demand.  As long as there are  humans who behave like sheep, there will be a black sheep to show less popular options to rest.

Bribing a police

This tutorial is not for murderers, rapists and politicians.

This how - to guide consists of 3 parts based on police officer.

1. The police who caught you for the bribe will imply what he wants. Like saying nonsense rules which don’t exist. For example, once a police caught me because I have earphones plugged in my ears and according to him its violation of law. It clearly indicates he is looking for money. There will be no way out, because we can’t argue with them about laws. He will simply say discuss those with the judge. So agree soon and give him some money.

Another way a police will ask for money is by cooking a story, like telling us that they have received a complaint against us, so they have come. Easy way to escape is to bribe him; it could be as low as 25% of the fine amount.

This type of police is easy to handle, they know what they want and we know what they want and without much ado both parties jump into the actual business talk.

2. Type two are like opportunists, they wait for you to offer bribe with no specific cues. The only clue to offer money is , he will hold the pen and pad, and asks you as if threatening “you want me to write a fine or not?”

3. While first two types are mostly rude, the third type is soft. Like bargaining tomatoes at vegetable market. They literally beg, “give some amount you like” will be the phrase. Or they are too sophisticated and act as if bribe taking is part of the job, there will be no change in the modulation of tone. The constable in safari suite, who come to enquire when we applied for passport is the example.

And those who don’t take bribe, they simply fill the form, collect the fine and will ask you to leave.
In any case, its just not the money the police is looking for , the power of uniform and arms will be in the head. One cant afford to talk in a disrespectful way with them,