Thursday, September 29, 2011

The Fragmented Soul


I have talked about how I would love to live in my subconcious world.and free myself from reality. But like I said earlier, it's not an easy task. To awaken all your senses, and achieve that sense of peace one needs to be freed from one's own ego. The ego ties you down to society and our reality as we know it. And once you are free from your ego, you reach your soul and connect with who you really are which would be beautiful. But we all have our egos firmly ingrained, and what is the ego made of? I figure, the seven deadly sins we are all so familiar with are pretty much the vices that make up our ego and obsession with self. 

So I decide to put a character to each of these seven sins. The first one I've done is Envy.
Envy tears apart the soul leaving only fragments behind in fiery emotion. I see the ruthless vulture,
the enormity of the sea as part of the energy forces that would exist in a creature called envy. 
I feel like a large chunk of my energy and emotion has gone into this piece, I hope it does something for you. Would love to hear your thoughts - both on the subject and the illustration.

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Lost in The Sea

                                   
                                                                   For whatever we lose,
                                                                                             like a you or a me
                                                                                   It's always ourselves we find
                                                                                                   in the sea.
                                                                                              - EE Cummings
                          
                                              Watercolours while sitting on the rocks of the beautiful  Pondicherry beach.


                                           

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Magical Market Worlds




A world on its own
with its mystic folk

Eyes that beckon
colours that lure
  
In clouds of spice
 I see dreams lurk.








Goubert market, 6 am - At first glance its noisy, dirty, complete mayhem. But then i see the colours and textures and bright eyes around me and am charmed by the shiny green chillies in the rustic sack, by the eyes of the magician with leaves spread about him, putting on a show for the world. I love to take portraits and study faces with stories written all over them. But I realise that Im shy of the questions that inevitably get thrown at me and not a great talker, so maybe when I get over that, I'll have a few more portaits to show ! Im also just picking up photography, this was my first real session, so plenty of room for improvement ! but I did want to share the experience. do hope you enjoy them.


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Thursday, September 22, 2011

The Wall that Flies

             
                                                        Joy freed from the bond of earth's slumber
                                                                                     rushes into numberless seeds,
                                                                             and dances in the air for a day - Tagore


 I love my home, and I've been trying to pour all my love into it so that in return, it keeps me inspired. I live in Pondicherry, and the houses here can be a bit strange (in a good way). In my apartment we have a lot of outdoor space, and there is a wall next to the washbasin just outside the kitchen (where we brush our teeth :) that Ive been wanting to do something nice with for a loong time now, and YAY I finally did !
Ive spent yesterday and a bit of today covered in paint and painted my wall a beautiful blue - which happens to be my happy colour right now, and then I drew some magic seeds. I hope you like it, im thrilled with all the colour there right now :)



                                                                           Before !


blue






And after ! I love to look at my new blue wall, it makes me feel so free and a bit like i could fly off any   second. must be the magic seeds :)
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Love Fear & Joy


My heart swims, with emotion.. love, fear, joy. 
I sometimes dont know where to put all of it. 
Maybe it will all burst out of me someday, 
like a bunch of unrepaired leaks.

Magic in My Eyes







The waves are your soul
your body no longer yours
close your eyes
and let the magic flow.



I went for a water shiatsu spa treatment, where the unexpected happened. My mind treated me to technicolour pictures, and i watched for an hour while my body floated and spun. it was magical and these are some of the drawings that resulted. done in pencils.

The theory behind Watsu is that it messes up your perception of time and space because you are floating in water, which brings you to a very deep state of meditation. its very relaxing and worth a try.


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Monday, September 19, 2011

Let the Wings Fly

                                                                  minds underground moths
                                                                                               grow filmy wings
                                                                                          and take a farewell flight
                                                                                       into the sunset sky - Tagore

I feel like one enthusiastic cutlet. 2 posts in one day. But Ive been very excited lately, trying out new styles and reading endlessly about all sorts of things. For those of you who don't know, Im on a sabbatical of sorts . Taking a break after many years of working and its been about 2 weeks now that ive had the time to doodle and dive into this cloud of freedom.


I have always believed that to do your best work, you need to free yourself from reality, and from your own mind. Enter your subconcious dream world where magic and beauty lurk, and then draw, paint and get that image onto paper. But its hard to escape from your own mind. I did have one beautiful experience that Im dying to tell you of, maybe tomorrow..
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Song of the Magic Seeds


Weeping sky
We bring the sun
to make you glad
and fill you with the day

Quiet tree
We have the wind 
to make you dance
and fill you with our play

And you shall be glad
and you shall dance
and you shall come
to hear our song
and learn its tune
before it fades away




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