Oh so close

2b and 4b pencils on A3 cartridge paper, the love and closeness, the connect between the two really appealed to me, coz here the closeness is not just physical, the spiritual connect is so very evident!!^__^

White v/s Blue

Umm...one more abstract-surreal kinda painting...actually made a painting after quite some time, but today have used a glossy medium with acrylics for the first time, did some shoppin today and was obviously tempted to do some art stuff!!

Acrylics with glossy medium on A3 cartridge paper, 45-50 mins.

Untitled

A quick art once again. First time have done a surreal art....just this kinda image was comin to my mind... donno why but the rajput-mughal palace kinda domes and their artistic appeal have always been in my fascinations, and so this. Soft charcoal on A3 cartridge paper, around 20 mins.

Pls suggest a title frnz!!

Padharo!!:)

Hi Rishi,

Welcome to my blog, glad u liked it...hope to keep coming up with gud wrks n
posts...and u too keep coming and feel free to pass comments/suggestions...full on bindaas, will be gladly received.

Thnx once again for joining in!!:)

**(: Merry Christmas!! :)**

Padharo!!^__^

Hi Pankhuri,( m sry but have been following u since some time but donno whether thats ur name or no....but thats how u've referred urself, and so do I!!:))
awww.....thnx for joining in...am glad u liked my blog....and feel free to comment and pass suggestions, will be gladly received.

once again, Welcome to my blog,
Love and Peace,
Rahul

Deep Dark Thoughts

Charcoal powder and eraser on A3 cartridge paper, around 15-20 mins.


Umm somehow u ppl must have noticed that many of my wrks have more of dark shades, and I have to admit that i love black color. Somethings mysteriously beautiful abt this color that attracts me to it. Darkness does not necessarily signify evil, I feel darkness holds a lot of hidden things into it, darkness itself is mysterious. Also, darkness can be associated with peace too, in a way( yeah it does, peace is not just property of Mr. white he he), coz if u notice, the dark places are usually quite and unperturbed but yet u can feel a lot of things happening behind the scenes, like this picture signifies, our deep dark world of thoughts our inner world, though it seems so quite, there are so many things goin on in there!! Who knows where do ur thoughts lead you. Its a really deep dark world filled with a plethora of mysteries within, and i would love to explore that!!

Keep that Spirit alive!!!

How inspiring it may sound but just a simple incidence took my mind to the journey of those invaluable moments of bliss that happen to us netime and yet we keep looking for something big.

I was just walking down the lane when i suddenly saw a boy popping out of a shop, in his own masti, and just gave a cricket shot as if no one was watching him, into his own world and such was the beauty of the smile on his face while he did that,that even Yuvi wudnt have felt while hitting those sixes, and i relishes that moment and caught that contagious smile and a happy feeling that it brought into me and I was so overwhelmed for a split second that felt like giving a whistle and shout,"Hurray, its a six!!":))



And that brought to me the realization of the countless happy moments that we bring into our life and yet we lose their effect so soon, if we have an eye for them, they are all around us, countless in number and if we join them, world would seem so happier!!



It brought a series of flashes of such moments to my mind, the moment when i smile with no reason, the moment when i feel like dancing around when alone, the moment when the singer in me cant wait to come out, the moment when my pencil cudnt wait to be put on the paper, the moment when i just wanna see in mirror and turn around when feel someones presence, the moment when u r just ogling at someone and wont even realize u did that, the moment when u see a child looking smilingly at u and u cant control that smile, the moment when see those little hands holding the wrinkled hand, the moment when u see two persons in love, looking into each others eyes, unperturbed by the presence of the crowd surrounding them, the moment when someone farts and a child laughs out loud, the moment when u see the birds collecting twigs to build their nests, the moment when u see some pups playing on the roadside, the moment when u see the dance of the leaves in the wake of the flowing gentle wind, the moment when u see the twinkle in a childs eye on seeing a chocolate, the moment when ur mothers eyes become wet wen u achieve something, the moment when u get a pat on ur back to assure u, the moment when get a rare chance of putting ur head in someones lap and the gentle caress through ur hair, the moment when u see a blush on a face on throwing a compliment.....phew!!!! moments moments and moments I'll be tired but the list wont end, but i reached my destiny, my home and didnt even realize in my thoughts when i completed my journey.


But this feeling made my eyes wet, was so happy, that prayed to God, Please keep that Spirit alive, even if the clouds are dark, the silver lining be so bold that even the dark clouds seem to be radiant. Take whatever u like from me God, but please, please KEEP THAT SPIRIT ALIVE!!!^__^


[P.S.: Image Sources:
Image 1: by ~Mischiefmayhem0-o, deviantart.com
Image 2: by *samlim, deviantart.com
Image 3: by =iNeedChemicalX, deviantart.com
Image 4: by Allyeska,Flicker.com]

Peaceful Beauty!!:))

Charcoal pencil on A3 paper, and 90 mins to finish!! This time, no blocks or measurements, a complete freehand!!...have given it a title...but not so very happy with it, any suggestions??

{Excuse me for the bad quality of pics, will try to come up with somethin better..actually dont have an A3 scanner, and its dark now...so will try to take a pic tmrw morning, as i luv to tk pics in sunshine!!^__^)

Its raining "Padharo"s...;):)

HE he...i hope it doesnt sound repetitive and over" too...he he...but its raining "Padharo"s at my blog yaar...am so overwhelmed to c that ppl are liking it, and last few weeks have been gr8...Am so happy to see the positive response...

And now i think will have to pull up my socks and keep coming up with good works and interesting write ups yaar...after all....have to keep it going !!

So thnx and cheers to all who are liking my blog...and as a responsible blogger(;):)...he he...now I'll try to be one!!:):P)...will try to keep up ur interest and expectations....:)

Padharo!!:)

Hi Niraj...Welcome to my blog!!Am glad u liked it...Thnx for joining in...pls feel free to comment or give ne kinda feedback, and ne means ne....wud love to improve my self, and be thankful to those who help me do that!!he he...Welcome once again!!^__^

Padharo!!^__^

Hey ayu...Welcome to my blog, am glad you liked it and hope to keep up with ur expectations and keep coming up with good works!! You are my first international friend here on blog, so a special, warm welcome to you...heres hoping a good connection with u!!:) Feel free to comment..and ne kind of feedback is always welcome!!:)

||P e a c e ||

Padharo!!:)

Hi Anuj, padharoji...he he...anuj...this is just a ritual i follow, to welcome the ppl who like my blog. So guys, we have a new member in family, though he's not following me, but still, would be following me thru rss feeds...he he...Welcome again!! Hope to keep coming with interesting stuff, and yup, pls keep passing on ur valuable comments/suggestions/feedbacks to help improve, wud be glad to receive them!!:)

Phlegmatic Innocence

8b Graphite pencil on A3 paper.

It was so good to make a sketch after a loooong time. And I thoroughly enjoyed doing that. Sketching makes my heart go mmmmmm....he he, sry to steal that song, but yeah...thats what i feel. Though the sketch hasnt turned out that well, but the joy sketching brings to me is irrespective of the outcome, as they say, its the journey, the process, which brings you joy , rather than reaching the destination!!

But ek problem hai, arre yaar, title nahin na sujh raha, please suggest me a good title friends!!

Padharo!!!:)

Hi "Vedicanbest"!!...umm...sry but donno ur name so...but this is just to welcome u to my blog...^__^...am glad u like it and hope to keep up with ur expectations. Feel free to give any comments/suggestions/recommendations to help me improve my blog, I'll be happy to receive them. Welcome once again!!:)

"Being Normal"

"Hiiii, Good Morning", I greeted my friends as I entered the MR( MR is the abbr. used at NIIT for the 'Machine Room'). Hmm, so as I entered, some sort of discussion was already going on, regarding some fights or arguments may be. And suddenly, a friend of mine said, "Rahul to kisise ladai nahin karega yaar, woh to bada shaant prani hai!!:D"( Rahul wont fight with neone, hes a very peaceful being) And she just made me feel, "Arre baap re, aisa kya impression bana liya hai in logon ne"( Gosh, what kinda impression of me do they have in their mind??!!), coz though shes a friend, have known them just for a couple of months and yet she said with such confidence as knew me very well!! Before I gave it a thought, as in, what to reply??!!, she enquired, "Have you ever had ne fight or heated argument in college?", without a thought, I replied,"Nop!!", she went on, "In school??!!", "Nope", pat came the reply, "Rather, I wud love to be, or say usually, I am the peacemaker!!". Then she gave a big smile, and whether that smile was of admiration or sarcasm, is something, I cudnt really figure out.



This wasnt the first time that I got similar vibes, for what was making me abnormal in a way for others was Normality for me. The episode just ended with us being engaged with our studies as our exams were nearing, but she triggered a thought into mind and once my mind gets on, God save me and others, I think think and think a lot, even about smallest things, and this trait of me, is the thing that irritates me a lot and really wanna do something regarding it. Its the thing that I dislike about me the most. Aah, neways, meri burai baad mein kabhi kar loonga, so i was talking about "Being Normal"!!. the episode just triggered once again in my mind, as in, "What IS being normal??". Is the condition of todays world so worsened or the belief system of people in general has become such weak that we take Anger and Fight as Normal?? When someone says he/she doesnt get normally Angry or fight, people wont take a sigh of relief jab tak use ghussa na dila dein!! They may think, "Achha bachhu, ghussa nahin aata?? Ruk, abhi batate hain, Aisa kaun hai duniya mein jise ghussa nahin aata??!!" This was for others, but wen it comes on us, our Anger, which has created a damage, we would console ourselves or even our close ones console,"Arre yaar ghussa ho jana normal hai, ho jata hai!!", Arre bhai, aise kaise ho jata hain??, is Ghussa involuntary? Cant we keep a watch on our "Garam dimaag" , is it so difficult, and first of all, Is it Normal?? I really dont think so!! I wud like you to ask yourself, wen u feel more comfortable with urself, when angry or at peace??

When majority of us experience something, we say, it is Normal, but is it really so?? Socho, agar theres an epidemic or somethin or whatever, due to some reason most of us fall ill, say catch fever, so then would we consider, being ill, is a Normal condition?? no, we would have to go to the doctor and treat the "Dis-ease". Similarly, when we are angry, which I feel is also a "Dis-ease", I dont think ne person would say, hes at ease and peace while Angry. No one likes to be Angry. Why is it so. I feel because peace, is one of the basic Sanskars of a soul, and whatsoever Sanskars we build up in our bodily presence, the basic Sanskars always remain. I dont say that I havent been or wont be Angry netime in Life, may be I would, but certainly , I wouldnt say it being "Normal", I would keep a check on it, and try to cure it. Try to understand the reasons behind this dis-ease and keep it under as much control as I can.

Instead of treating or trying to cure a disease, how feasible it is to call it "Normal" and go ahead with it?? Why do we take our Anger so lightly? And why is it that when majority is suffering, if someones not, calling it "Abnormal" or strange??
We also consider Anger as strength, as in, the one who becomes Angry very often, we try to stay away from or be afraid of this "Garam khopdi", but considering Anger as strength is the biggest misbelief I think, in fact, i feel, Anger is one of the biggest weaknesses of mankind. Ask yourself, what is easier, to be Angry, or being calm and at peace?? And you will know the answer.



Aah, this was for Anger, but for any factor, when majority has it, we consider it to be normal!!??!! How correct is it??
For me being Normal, is being at peace with your self, when your thoughts, words and actions are in harmony, in sync, that would be peace, and you dont need anyones approval or give any justifications of u being Normal to neone, coz you yourself will know, whether its Normal or no. Now what if others think its abnormal, its their problem, and if they feel it being it Abnormal, then I am Abnormal!! And i would love to be!!^__^

[ P.S.: Image sources:
1)Peace and Love by Fernando Gregory, flickr.com
2) Love and Peace by sweetchristina, deviantart.com

Awesome pics guys!!:)) ]

Aga Bai!!

Watercolors on A3 cartridge paper.

Padharo!!

Hey Miss "Mirrors Do Lie"..he he...sry der...donno ur name so...but as a tradition, I wud like to welcome u to my blog...pls feel at home and free to comment!! Am glad dat u liked my blog and hope to keep up ur interest and expections!!^__^
Warm wishes to u ...take care...God Bless!!:)

Sunshine

Acrylic on paper(A3)

Life

Water and Acrylic colors on Cartridge paper. The finesse is not there, but I really loved the color theme, its quite vibrant yet serene, I simply love these colors!!^_^

Play

2b graphite pencil on cartridge paper

Explore

The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart.

Shiksha

"Teaching is not a lost art, but regard for it is a lost tradition", my last post, just came across this thought and it just clicked immediately to me. I was left awestruck that how these minimal words had described my true feeling regarding "Teaching".

Gone are the days when they said, umm...rather, lemme say, felt, "Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu....". These words are just words now, may be said, but hardly felt. "Each profession has become a sort of business" is been talked about from long, but teaching is something different!

I hardly remember any of my friends having high regards for or getting highly inspired by any of the Teachers. Till school, it was still fine, but High school and College, Ununhhh....altogether different story!! The days in High school were meant to get to know the world outside, exploring the opposite sex, dates and mingles. For some dexters, it was the beginning for building the career base. Before even the start of first year of Junior college, class XII classes begun in coaching classes!! Yup, even before entering the college, the teachers there were rejected and the classes, a platform to experience a new, the most exciting and famous part of college life, "BUNKS"!! Colleges were more familiar with Bunks rather than attending classes, which were now referred to as lectures and Teachers now referred to as Miss' and Ma'ams, bechare Sirs, had no variety in that, called the same, whether it may be school, high school/ Jr college or College.

Hmm...so is this this attitude of students of not attending lectures makes the teachers less regarded or they themselves??!!

Ummm...Somehow, I feel both. Students lose regards for them, even before knowing them and they(i.e. teachers) lose regards for their own profession. For them, it's more of completing the lectures, than educating the children...oops...he he...better say, students!!;):)

Gone are the days when children aspired to be teachers and gone are the days when people chose their profession because they love doing that!! Profession these days is becoming more of a virtue, rather than choice, to be precise, a self created virtue, coz even if it is a choice, the eligibility criteria is mainly the salaries, rather than interests!! And the society has become such materialistic that I think the more progress Man is making, the more is Humanity suffering. Well, ahem, kahan se kahan pohonch gaya main!! Well may be this is an altogether different issue, close to my heart, closely related and hence may be strayed on to this!

Hmmm...so where were we??!! Yup, 'Teaching'. So, somewhat, the Teachers too are becoming so, like most of the other professions, by virtue and not by choice.I still remember, we used to think in college, that when they don't get anything else, they become teachers!! and That, was somewhat quite true, at least as far as engineering teachers are concerned!!And hence, students are not at all to blame here, coz most teachers we had in engineering, somehow, didn't deserve to be called "Teachers".They didnt have a penchant for teaching or educating students. They were there to conduct lectures, and make money. And with brand new staff and a Principal too with every changing year, what else can one expect from poor students but kosoing the entire system and teachers and college. Under such scenario, how can students have high regards for Teachers/ Teaching profession, and unless they have that, How are we gonna get good Teachers????

What could be the reason for all this?? the system, the low salaries, low regards, lack of other opportunities, lack of respect of our own interest or the lack of confidence to accept and go ahead with it??? What is it?? Whatever it is, but it has sort of become a vicious circle and there has to be a way out of it, if not, we have to create it!!

Teaching

"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition."

Holding the Innocence

Innocence, hmm so one more soft charcoal and a second conceptual art!! It is Soft charcoal on A3 size cartridge paper, took around 70-75 mins.

The reason I liked this pic is coz immediately brought a thought, a feeling and a concept in my mind. It brought the emptiness in me, joy in me, happiness in me ans sadness in me, so in short, this pic makes me feel "haSpApDy" !!

The reason is, I really loved the lovely pic of holding a child in hand and the way it is presented. But on a second thought, it made me think, Wish we can hold Innocence!!

How wonderful it would be if we had a child-like innocence. Some people may feel how rubbish!! We have to grow with time!! an adult cant think or be like a child!! And then I thought surely, we have to mature with time, but does maturing mean losing ur innocence, Why do we have to start wearing masks and not be Innocent as adults!!
Why cant we retain that purity at heart when we turn adults?!!

How beautiful the world would be if we can hold that child like innocence??!! On a deeper thought, seeing the objective way, the world of adults is not much different than that of children, children fight for toys, adults for cars, property, actually, everything, children play games together, and adults too play games, but with each other and we can go on with such comparisons, but see the difference and u'll get my point. Adults dont have innocence in them , no way to forgive and forget, children may fight one second and play together the next minute, but fights of adults lead to wars!!!

when children try to imitate adults, they say, its not a child game!!

I say, when it comes to purity of heart,truth,love, forgiveness, Innocence, I wud say, "ITS NO ADULT GAME!!!"

Adhyatma

Okay, so now a conceptual art from my end, this ones something new and my first one in this domain. The concept is as its title suggests, "Adhyatma", Spirituality!! Here the eyes are that of the Durga or Devi who hold the highest place in the spiritual chakras. The circles are nuthin but the representation of human body made up of "Nine Doors", that is the nine openings of this body. two eyes, two nostrils, two ears, two from the bottom, and mouth and the tenth door being the Third eye, the tenth gate, through which the spiritual journey begins. The yellow dot, the twelfth one , is nuthin but representation of soul, which is entering the Third eye, and then a spiritual level behind the Third eye, which hold the "Sahastra Dal Kamal", the thousand-petal lotus, is represented by the lotus in between. The background, which is composed of brown color, represents nuthin but "Bhuvan", that is Earth, and hence the Human society.

Umm...so here is what was goin on in my mind when I made that...hope its not an overdose of Spirituality, ha ha...neways thats the way I think, so cant help it!!

And yup...thnx to the friend who suggested me to write about the concept, shuru mein thodi jhijhak si thi, to write or no, but then ultimately, I went ahead with it, So, thank Darren for that!!

Vande.....

Today, is "INDEPENDENCE DAY"!! Now here although it is the day when India got freedom, I would like to celebrate it as an "Independence Day", a day which basically signifies "Freedom", freedom to live free as a bird, to think, feel and act as an individual feels like (but obviously without any unethical involvement ha ha!!).

So today I wud not only like to congratulate and salute all those who had fought FOR the freedom, here I am emphasizing on for is becoz I think basically the fight fought by the Indians was FOR the freedom, and not Against anything, if at all, it was against the injustice, and since that was done by some british people all british people are not subject to be responsible for their deeds and hence due respect to all, I salute all those who have not only given their lives and their families, which truly deserve the respect, not only on such selected days but in fact the realization of their sacrifice shud reside in our heart all time,but also those who some or the other way have contributed towards the betterment of the society and fellow human beings.

For me even a person who manages to bring a smile on a sad face is equally respectable and equally working towards the betterment of the society. So I truly respect such millions of unknown people, acknowledge their well being and hope they even keep inspiring others to do the same.

And hence I wud not only say "Vande Mataram" but "Vande...each and every such individual" who has in some or the other way has given something to the society from which we get so much.

Freedom is not just bound to the boundaries. The actual Freedom wud be the freedom of expression, freedom of being what you are, which is very rare and almost extinct in our society. People in our society generally have a mindset of certain things to be in a certain way, but each individual has his own right to live their life the way they want. Who has given warrant to others to judge and force people to have certain way of behaving. Why do we slap our opinions on others but rather try and understand the others perspective?? Leave the society, how far are we stretching our hands and welcoming the not so coinciding thoughts of our own family??...Are we?...I dont think....hardly any one of us does!!

So on todays day, just remind ourselves, remind and not just limit to the day, the freedom. Lets give and take this freedom. Only in such way we'll truly be "FREE", "LIBERTY" will only then truly be achieved and only then we can really say, from heart its our "Independence Day" and we are a free society now, not just India but a free human society!!

Simple & Sophisticated ;)

Here comes one more abstract from me!! Since past few days, hadnt been doing any art, since had to join my job...was preparing from almost a week before and last week , the work , and this left me craving for doing some art work!!....I was so eager, that I am usually neva awake late, but even after all days work, I was awake till 1 am doing this work!! Although it was new for me, but it was quite late night and hence I liked the peace with which I could do it, in daytime, with all the hulla-balooh going around doing arts can be annoying at times, especially when a child is around, yup, my cute litte devil, my niece, when around its hard to do nethin!!Anyways...it seems my strokes are improving and layers becoming more controlled and uniform!! I think with more practice I can improve in paintings too!!Amen!!

Padharo !!

Hey there,arasiyalkalam ( I am really sorry, but didnt get whats ur name, so am referring u from ur username okay!!)

Welcome to my blog...am glad that u liked it, thanks u so much for joining us, and hope to keep up with ur expectations!!:)

Monochrome

Hmm..so finally, after many days, I did it, and that too, two times!! yup, talking abt sketches, what else;):D:P...gosh these dirty minds!! Hmm..so charcoal, charcoal and charcoal, wont leave it till I learn it! SO finally it seems I am getting some hold on it, using different techniques to adapt to this medium, and trying to understand when and how to use it. And have concluded that shud use soft charcoal, when not too much of detailing is required and also smudging with tissue papers instead of hands, like I have been doing till date, was really helpful!!...So hope in future can make some better works of Soft Charcoal!!

Gods will?

We cannot live without doing karmas in our life, and when u have deeds, u have its returns, sow a seed and u get the fruits. When the game is played, there may be outcomes, positive or negative, and in our minds say, success or failure.

When we truly feel we have achieved something we feel so proud of our selves, when something goes according to our wish, we take the credit to ourselves or some wise people even thank God for helping them, its good. But majority of us when something unwilling happens, a predicament, something unpleasant or say in terms of outcomes, failures, we say, " Jaisi prabhu ki ichha", (i.e. as his will). So in some or the other way most of us, whatever the outcome of our deeds be, we pass on the baton to Him.

So what it is, does actually everything in this world, goes according to His will? are all situations in this world created by God? Is He responsible for our Happiness or pain?

Dont ask this question to anyone but ourselves, I ask my self, If God, the supreme soul, the source of the souls, the one who's ocean of peace, happiness, love, truth , the Divine soul, is responsible for the things going on in this world, How the world should be? Is this world's qualities, it nature, its sanskars are that similar to His'?

And the answer comes "No"!! Everything in this world, or say our world doesn't happen according to His will, but according to our own actions, our own "Karmas", As it is said, "Jaisi karni, waisi bharni". Now what are Karmas?...now again it in itself is a gr8 topic to talk on, and betta now I dont start off with it now, else u all get bored!!

ahem, so where was I , hmm, So everything good or bad that happens to us, is our own responsibility and not anyone else' not even God's!! And the karma goes in such way, that we do not get the results immediately, u never know when u are paying or say getting for which karma of urs, of this birth or ne previous, it is something, we cannot understand of the limited mind and intellect we have!! but one thing is for sure, whatever it is, good or bad, its not "God's will".

Restriction

Implicit or Explicit we all have our own set of restrictions and limitations, whether the chain is made up of iron or gold, it binds u!!

Alone!!

This is one more attempt on soft charcoal, and I think, am just trying to understand this medium!! How and when to use it, I'll learn with tym!!:)...neways...its fun and quick working with it so, hope I am able to learn to work on it!!

Padharo!!

Oh wow!!one more friend( and cousin too!!he he..)!! Hey mira, welcome to my blog, Padharo ji...:)

Work in Progress!!

Strength

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

Another Abstract!!

He he, just went on making whatever came to my mind, and voila, it was ready...I dont what sense it makes but after all, dats what u call, "Modern Art"...lol:D

Light

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. Coz its the light which has a source, Darkness is nothing but mere absence of light, no use of fighting with it, coz the thing not created cannot be destroyed :O , funda kuch zyada ho gaya na??...he he..lol...has diya iska yeh matlab nahi I wasnt serious, Baat ki gehrayi ko samjho!!:D...lol!!!

|| Om Shanti ||

Hmm...just a quickie abstract, took 15 mins, was feeling spiritual, as usual, and hence made it!!

|| Peace ||

Past Pleasant!!

The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.

Poetry

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

Padharo

Hey Abhishek, welcome to my blog, thanx for coming!!

tk care, God Bless!!:)