Eye of the heart

Sometimes I wonder what is art really other than the hops and jumps and excitements. Maybe it's more of trying to know something that lies beyond the depth of what eye can perceive and understand. It's an exploration that we do outside which leads to a journey more inside knowing ourself knowing the limitation that lies between the vision and the end product. Understanding the tools and the opportunities that lie in front of us. As I look into more work of art sometimes it feels like most of it is superficial and a mere imitation of the world around us the inner journey of the artist got lost in the survival.

Living

This is an interesting photo and it's kinda true. We never really think about living that much until something drastic happens and we are forced to rethink life. When I was much younger I heard the elders said to live life happily and to give and receive as much as possible for it is really short. Never really understood what they meant. Maybe it's more about to feel the essence of life to really understand how much of a blessing it is to breadth live into all that we think and do. Live to live and leave even when you know you are not done.

Results of abstraction

I read somewhere recently about an interview with one of the student of Cecil Collins the visionary artist who used to teach at Central Saint Martin London. He was one of the unconventional teachers of the century who always taught his pupils to take the journey inside towards the divine truth.

The ways of working ambidextrously and using different unknown mediums and tools to experiment with music is very abstract and offset but somehow it raised the subconscious inside oneself and helps to reach and understand that art is not always about imitating thing or portraying something its more about letting our ego and to praise life through wonder and magic.

Doing with what we have

Going through life a lot of times it felt like may be we need more than we already have just to be like others , to portray what the western society project as perfect but we forget the idea of enough . Most of the time just enough is fine and keeps us happy in the bible it is written " Look at the ravens - they don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for god feeds them"

Today I was preparing food for a large party and I thought of times that I have done the same with very few utensils and little money . The lord have provided me the means to buy more stuff to have expensive kitchen gadgets and necessities but do I really need them. I had prepared the same dishes 5 years back without them and realized may be could have done with them. Over the years I have realized material things doesn't and can never give us peace only a sound peaceful conscious mind can.So the message for today is "We can really do a lot with what we have".

Finding yourself in what you do

When I initially started to explore paintings I  didn't knew what I was looking at and that it can quite significantly affect my work. One of the biggest mistake that anyone can do is to imitate someone else because you go tied of that in a short time and you get lost and out of track.

Formal training of drawing is essential and exploration helps to understand the role of art in society and our human life but to what extent the influence is a necessity that needs to be asked.

Over the years I have gradually learned its more of a journey inside than outside it's more than just mere momentary attraction. Back in India, I have seen people repeating the same things without any exploration but there is a lot to explore. It's a huge country with different religions and customs but most of the artists close the windows and paint and copy just what is around them. The works become extremely repetitive and boring.

Genuineness is rare