I often look at my own wrk and feel that it sucks. It’s good but not good enough. So I started to look at explanations for the same. And here is what I got. Why your art sucks (usually in your own eyes)? It’s because of something called the ‘PERCEPTION GAP’ You create a piece. […]
Continuing my series of self portraits through narrative story telling, I find myself spending a lot of time dealing with issues that crop up every once in a while. And issues that have for what ever reason been easier to sideline over the years. These next two pieces are creative cathartic pieces. I did them […]
I came across this the other day and it resonated with me in a big way. Might be that I am growing old and my children are on the threshold of becoming adults. The parents are aging and the world seems to be going to great lengths to destroy itself. This seems a timely reminders […]
This festive season I request you to add some Do good to the Feel good factor in your life. Help me pay it forward. Help me help The Color Caravan add some new programs to their winter session. I am all for helping out and paying it forward. I don’t have money lying around to […]
I am a big believer of re-use, re-do, up-cycle and all those other ‘buzz words’. But I have always wondered about the ‘actual cost’ – human and energy cost – of upcycling/ redoing reuse etc. What is the kind of energy we expend in giving something a new avatar? When is it better to just […]
Midweek musings – 21st Aug Working this afternoon I am reminded of a more gentle time when I was younger and full of hope. I still have hope but am losing it fast! So much has changed… I happened to put on Coke Studio on You Tube to have some background music to painting and […]
Sometimes I get asked why I don’t ‘invest’ in ‘branded’ packaging. Why, when I ship out items I choose to use older packaging from purchases made by family and friends. Apparently, as a successful ‘brand’ I should spend more on the packaging. That the customer experience is led by good packaging like ‘un-wrapping a gift’ […]
I had a fabulous filthy weekend rolling around in the mud with a bunch of dogs. And that was bliss. The weekend did get dirty in every sense of the word 🙂 The head line though is a twist on the ‘shaken not stirred’ James Bond line. Yes and that would be a wonderful line […]
That very rare occasion when it isn’t paint that’s coloring my hands… …Henna/mehendi. It is so mesmerizing to see someone apply mehendi instinctively. There was no pre-planning, no structure and no fear. The mehendi cone was an extention of her arm which seemed to be an extention of her mind. Free flow of form and […]
I do believe that one can learn a lot from just plain observation. But observation with purpose is the goal – where the goal of learning something is front and center. That is also why I do progression videos of my work. I look at and study the work of many artists. One such artist […]