The undestined

DAY-0     A gaping canvas with expectations unlimited.

I do not consider a blank canvas lifeless. Obstensibly it is full of inscrutable realities. It has nothing to show, yet a lot hidden behind the veil of white. It is smirking at the confused state of my mind...it is proud enough to still have a chance to start afresh...it has a palette of possibilities to shape its life...it is stirring my creative engine to take a kick start and numb the loudness of this impostor.....

For an artist, an unpainted surface is like a mirror, all  set to reflect him/her on his/her canvas, and suddenly you are exposed before your own eyes. It inspires your inner engineering that constructs something which shall always help you in transporting the impulses of your vexed soul to a peaceful resort. But that inspiration takes lot of efforts to come.....it just don't come so easily..... and i am still waiting.....

DAY 1- The toughest part is to conclude an outline sketch in mind to cover a big area and that consumes most of my time.Till it is finalised the nerves of my mind are strained shadowing all other thoughts with this single flux of what to paint. After a week I guess they made a submission. And I started with something like this. The time of union of night with the dawn has powers to cleanse our minds and soul. It is the time moon bids farewell handing over the empire to a completely contrasted entity despite the fact that every chapter of night shall be over turned. This surreal time is for the generosity, for unity, for chastity. So I chose the hues to exhibit how gently night sublimes into morning and we, the people, start our routine as a mark of acceptance to this beautiful timeless event.........

DAY 2- Once the background is done,we know that at the end it's going to be beautiful.
The next step was to bring rural skyline to bring into life. For that, I painted few kuccha houses, bullock cart,field fences and some trees. I have a blur vision of my village that mostly has rustic walls and courtyards, lots of cows and bulls of which I was extremely scared and fields....all sort of rich , handsome, proud fields...This canvas village came out pretty well as well..

The main character of my final picture was the bull,fully adorned,festive bull as a companion to the village boy who was out in the morning to announce the onset of Durgamahotsava...They are close to each other,connected with an unsaid bond of friendship..

The entire process of painting involves a sea of emotions...anxiety for the uncertain and unseen....fear of mistakes...ecstasy on the riot of colors melting well...pride of being the creator of something which has a public display.... 

Heart sees what eyes can't see

My niece is studying in Class 9. Yesterday she dropped this line in my inbox and my sudden reaction was like whhooooooaaa....Class 9 students have become so poetic at such an early stage. Well I wasn't. I have fading images of my memory when I was at her age. What I used to do , what I used to think at that time? How was my comprehension? So far I remember, I was mostly involved in hosting annual functions and sports events and my speaking skills were renowned at School level among teachers and in peer. But I doubt my poetic mind was awakened so early. I guess it all began in college when I was confronted towards some newest episodes of my life and my literary soul started getting inspiration.....and it never stopped ....

But even now, some of the topics and contexts perplex me. This one is of that kind. "HEART SEES WHAT EYES CANT SEE" in other words " EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IS NOT THE TRUTH"....To comprehend where should I start from? See my eyes are seeing this line and my mind has started juggling for its meaning but my heart is searching for something else like a hidden inference from this.

Biologically, our heart is just a pumping device with no life of its own but still we use it as a metaphor for the barrage of emotional contents within ourselves. Heart seems to be another figurative  being inside us contrast to our logical side. So when a human being thinks about something, he thinks two ways, one using his mind and another using his heart.It is quite clear that our mind receives signals or you can say food from the sensory signals either by sight or smell or touch. Where does this heart get its feedback to react in completely different ways sometimes? That's a difficult question to answer.

We human beings have been endowed with tremendous potential and it takes a lifetime to discover every fraction of it. One of such potentials is power of intuition. And that lays the foundation for our craziest dreams that defy our realities. Newton and Edison belonged to destitute families and were treated as academic failures in their early childhood days. World saw them as they were treated. But deep down, inside them, there was a voice, deafening voice constantly pushing them towards the unseen and undiscovered and they let the world witness some greatest inventions of all times.

With its power, heart can penetrate deeper into the corners of another heart creating the basis of some of the most beautiful relationships of friendship and love. We cannot have everyone in our friend circle, we are also not able to like and love every person surrounding us. It largely depends upon the vibes encompassing the personality which can only be felt and synced with ours to create a harmony. This is also the nub of all social and political issues. We are often influenced and stimulated by the events happening in front of our eyes without entering into the premises of truth by making quick inferences and hasty actions. This way, we are creating huge barriers between our mind and soul and we are allowing our personalities to rust which has the power to shine and do miracles.

It was because of this heart and its power to believe system that we managed to transform from nomads to farmers, from farmers to dreamers when the realities were challenging. Eyes could see endless seas but still, foreign lands were discovered. Eyes could see the brutalities of invaders but still countries won their independence. It was only because they believed they could.

The mastery of seeing beyond the seen can be gained through constantly applying this approach in our day to day activities. By trying to be calm and composed in our every action, we can allow the turbulent mind to settle down and look through all the possible perspectives that might affect our decisions and behaviour. For students it might change the way of preparing for exams, for adults and parents it might alter the way of parenting, for teachers it might transform the way of teaching, for everyone, it might change the way of living. Positive living for high happiness index is no secret. It is easy to adopt once one becomes able to listen to his heart, to its complaints and to its desires otherwise our own potentials and talents which are yet to unleash shall be overshadowed. Because heart and its fancies are connected to our subconscious mind that is the storehouse for all our forgotten memories which crafted our present, we can rely on it.

All these intimacies keep people together under a community or a within a country united, working for a common cause because they feel motivated towards that cause. For illustration, India might be country with more than a billion people with many divides and issues but for every Indian it is more than that. It is a feeling which is celebrated every now and then. For an order to exist for peace, heart should definitely see what eyes cannot.

We are one of the most beautiful creations of nature for a reason. Not only can we think logically but can coat our thoughts with different layers of emotions making them more meaningful and purposeful.  Our entire belief system lingers across this propelling us to do wonders.