Dreams in Prussian blue

Would a blind man know his colors?

How about a blind artist, trying to forge his masterpiece, unknowingly though, to an audience of art lovers – presenting his magnum opus as the monotony that his life is so used to; the same color.

We describe 'art' and understand it to be a form to express one's feelings through any object or medium like paper, music, colors, technology, magic, photography etc.

A painting that captures passion and emotion, with wonderful usage of colors, lends itself to perch onto the mind of the viewer from the canvas.

The art lover then appreciates the painting, interpreting the emotions felt to him. It so happens that the artist might have never imagined so many layers of meaning to his work.

For a blind artist, to having created his magnum opus with the use of only 'Prussian blue' color – a question asked to the artist, 

“Why use Prussian blue when nothingness is best expressed in black?”

The answer the artist retorts with:

“Blue is the color of falsehood and betrayal. That is the truth that surrounds us all.”

As the artist contemplates his life : 

“There is a point of no return at every turn of life. On reaching that point, the only option is to silently accept its consequences, and that is the only way forward. Remember that I have also suffered within; the reason being that love alone is not enough. To live happily, however hard we may try, it is inevitable to avoid the pain from relationship. For, when the time is right, those who have to suffer will have to undergo the pain of suffering. And that is life”.

(From the Malayalam movie 'Artist', which is a cinematic adaptation of Paritosh Uttam's paperback novel 'Dreams in Prussian blue', scripted for screen by Shyamaprasad.)