Things have started making sense and I feel myself able to connect to all the activities that we have been doing from the last two weeks. Sounds of Lahore, Smells of Lahore and Pictures of Lahore is what we have been exploring. And now it is time for us to stage the sounds, smells and pictures of Lahore. Today's American Theater class was all about this.
After our usual warming up and breathing exercises, Dr. Erika Hughes and Ms. Asma Niaz divided us into three groups. One group had to think of sounds of Lahore, second group had to think of portraying Lahore through its smells, and our group (the third one), had to brainstorm our favourite images of Lahore. Our group came up with many interesting images that we associate with life in Lahore, which illustrate what it is to live in Lahore.
Well, talking about myself, along with other things I mostly picture Lahore through its seasons. The fascinating thing about Lahore is that it changes its colour with the changing seasons. Each season in this city of mine has its own aura and mood. The long summer in Lahore is bright yellow, it harbingers the arrival of long vacation, it is the season of fruits, water and pools. It marks the time when we usually take solace in our houses or people decide to go and explore the mountains.
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Bright summer in Lahore
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| No beaches for Lahoris...just pools and canals |
The monsoon is grey and green at the same time. It brings with it fun family time. People come out of their air-conditioned rooms and feel the pleasure of natural cool breeze against their face. The weather comes up with delicacies of its own kind.
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| Gray Monsoon in Lahore |
Then follows pale yellow autumn and white winter. Though we don't have snow fall in Lahore during winter, yet it is piercing cold. For Lahoris, even winter is not a season of hibernation and they prefer to come out and warm themselves up with soup and fish.
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| White winter of Lahore |
Spring in Lahore is like nowhere else in the world. No one colour can justify the beauty of spring in Lahore. It is cozy, it is bright, it is life-giving. Hence, all these kaleidoscopic images are Lahore to me!
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| Spring in Lahore |
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Spring in Lahore
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| The same canal changes its colour and form in spring in Lahore. |
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