Thinking is actually an art; it
is a noble past time engaged by men and women of thoughts. Thinking is a great
favourite habit of great minds, men of lofty dreams and ideals. Mind you – I
did not say worrying, in that from the very surface of things, worrying and
thinking may seem like one and the same, but you and I very well know deep down
that there is a big difference. And sometimes too, there may just be a thin
line separating the two concepts.
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| 'The thinker' by Auguste Rodin |
Great men, including great minds
of the arts solve problems pertaining to their preoccupations and would-be
issues of everyday life by thinking through issues. But worrying leads rather
to an increased blood pressure tending to escalate the already bad situations.
And this brings me to the issue and famous figure of ‘The Thinker’ – a universal
image and symbol of a man in deep contemplative mood. I am referring to the
work of the famous French sculptor, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), who in his life
time produced a great number of iconic images of which the most famous is ‘The
Thinker’. He was highly noted and respected for the way he rendered human forms
in whatever medium or style he chose to execute his works – clay, bronze, or stone,
etc.
It is an established fact however
that the habit of meditation which is a positive aspect of deep thought is the
basis for all real knowledge. It is thinkers that brought about revolutions
that have turned around societies for eternal good; it has been the one
instrumentality - the positive act that led to the building of empires and
civilisations. Great thoughts gave birth to the huge industrial developments, designs,
and inventions we have seen, heard and read about throughout the ages.
