The Lady who cried at the Beach

It was one of those fine mornings that day when I was walking along the shore at one of the best beaches I have ever seen. The circulating air was so fresh and the sound of the waves did make my mind very calm. That moment was serene and very peaceful. Far enough I saw two women engaged in a serious conversation, one of them was in her bridegroom's apparel. I moved closer and realized that she was crying. Neither her presence at that place nor her emotions matched her costume at that point of time. I could not make out if the other woman there was also crying as I was facing her back. She wore a black robe and had curly long hair. She did not hold any interest for me as I was more curious to know why the lady in white was crying. I moved closer so that I could listen to what she was talking. Water from the waves was now touching my feet and I try to avoid this every time I am at a beach, but today I had no other choice as my curiosity gained control of my weakness. She was talking about sacrificing her marriage for the happiness of the person she loves who apparently is the person whom she was supposed to get married to. I know it is quite complicated but what can ever be simple when you try to understand two woman talking. She knows about his feelings to this other woman who also loves her fiance very much. She is not happy about what she is doing but she needs to do it for the happiness of others. Her conversation did not tell me if the lady in black is the woman for whom she is sacrificing her love or it is someone else. My answer to this question could be in the expression of this other woman. Since I was behind her, I could not see her face and so I went past these women swiftly and then turned around a little bit to see the lady in black robe. Her expression was the exact replica of the Monalisa smile. Her expression gave me no details of what went on in her mind. There was a faint smile when I looked into her eyes but that vanished as I observed her lips. I would have understood that she is not the person for whom her fiance was cheating on the bridegroom if atleast she was crying, but her expression was so misleading that I could not get any clue about what was happening. And so my story remained incomplete.

The Monalisa's smile is one of the major mysteries of art today. At first when you see the picture you would feel that she is smiling and as you go on observing she would appear gloomy. Her expressing is called the vanishing smile. Scientists have come up with an explanation that your analysis of that portrait depends on which part of your eye sees it first. Though the science behind it is known no one has ever produced such an art until now. Scientists also say that reproduction of similar art work could be produced if the artist can paint a picture without looking at it. Wonder how Mr. Da Vinci did it.