Some clips from Linework Meditation Workshop from a few weeks back. Thanks to @chaitanyaambike for so brilliantly capturing the essence of the workshop.
Felt quite emotional putting the clips together since i found myself in all those hand gestures. The pauses, moving pen through fingers while wondering, confusion of where to place it next, keeping the pen down and picking it up again because something needs to be fixed, the seeking of perfection in strokes, dotting it all and mixing of colours and so much more observed. There's so much life to it, that I cannot put into words.
With being away from home for 9 years now, my subconscious had trained me to find home and comfort in everything around me. I have looked around & within, obsessively, not knowing what I was looking for. I then found patterns, on leaves, moths, rocks, fungus, shells, everything dead and living, in similarity to the ones inside me. It always felt right to call them my home and surprises me that a spark of passion from small things, unnoticed, existing quietly in a corner, is the whole world to me. Beautiful things really don't have to ask for attention. One of the intentions of this workshop was to give away this feeling to everyone who participated. 🤍
It felt overwhelmingly nourishing to share my process, tools and faith with strangers and friends around. It felt right when they picked up the pen and chose to hear music with me, having faith in the practice.
For this workshop, i knitted 3 practices. We sat together focusing on looking within with acceptance, looking outward with curiosity and connecting with surroundings through love and care for each other.
Thankyou @sanctuarycreativestudio and team for having me, my friends and my stangers in your space. It was wholesome to see everyone who showed up and gave their time and energy for this practice. 🤍🌪️
More announcements soon.
'Tranced in Swamp'
Oil on heavy base canvas of 20 x 25 inches
Explored light, darkness and shadows altogether with this one. The oneness of it all and courage to move and dance through it. To sit with and make peace with all three spaces while moving through life. Learned a lot of new ways to paint and observe things.🌪️
🎵 Recommend checking out Nayan EP from @loekfrey released last year on Omen Wapta label, what a work of trance and textures.
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*how to make oil paint dry before I die* phase of life. 💀
Some photographs and vids I took to get inspired by while i paint. Just keeping a track of colours and patterns I see, they have been my biggest source of vision booster till date.
8th slide photograph by my mom - I shared with her some pictures of my in-progress paintings and she sent back a shaken blurry picture of the cemetery and sunset over the top. Very gently explains the whole personality of my artistic vision. Needless to say where I got it from, the base is strong! 🧿
Would like to recommend checking out music from @giesse999 . Stumbled upon his productions last year and been listening to the album 'Fading Summer' released in 2019 a little too much these days. Dreamy creativity for ears, that's one goated album.
'In the funk' paired as 10i & 11i from Plastic Emobne Series
On paper// Practicing colours & characters to work on in-progress paintings.
Recommending: Track The Birth of Stars from Yantra (Dan Zamani & Tim Taylor) on legendary Missile Records by Taylor, acid/techno label birthed in the golden late 90s. Originally released on Music Man Records (Belgium). Love the funky acid loop in here! Go explore these beautiful artists and record labels.
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"Peck on the Cheek" as 9i from 'Plastic Emobne' Series
Mixed media on 3 x4 ft canvas
Went complete maniac with this one. No one would believe me but i fought a battle creating this artwork. Layers over layers, colours, tones, shadows, textures, disappointing days, sleepless nights with overflowing creative energy. But giving up should never be an option. Hence, no validation is required, mostly & specially for this piece.
This artwork has acrylic & oil paint, both mediums have been alien to me but managed to have some patience with the learning process. Painting was never my thing but now, i feel I cannot live without it. Photographs above in RGB lights show the perspective of different colours translating in different ways, creating different worlds with each colour of light. Locked in, in my own world, lost to never be found. Enjoy! 🪼
Also, recommend checking out music from @jonathanfitoussi_ :)
This artwork is available for sale, DM me for details.
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8i from 'Plastic Emobne' Series on paper
Practice, practice, practice!
Life is simple being able to give most of my time in hunting good freaking music, understanding colours & learning so many different mediums all at once.
Recommend to check music from @raar_v ,brilliant stuff!
We return for our 16th edition before a pause - bringing together a full-day gathering of sound, learning, and shared experience at Indiranagar Social (@live.at.social ) 3PM onwards: This edition opens with workshops exploring the inner and outer worlds of music and topics we are personally curious about.
6PM onwards: We’re excited to welcome @rambadu_ and @valentin_ginies to India for the first time with extended sets, each guiding us on a three-hour journey.
Satori was started with a simple idea: to create an environment where sound & sight can be experienced with depth and intention.
We look forward to this one last gathering with you all, and hope you can join us from the beginning and experience the day in full.
Tickets include access to both workshops & performances, you can find the link in our bio. See you soon 💚
Artwork by @illusionpotion x @shreedatta
Flyer by @seventhseamusic
'The Lurker Winks' as the artwork 7i from Plastic Emobne series
Mixed media on canvas of size A2
Continuing the birthday ritual every year of starting an artwork, i had finished this one in 3 days and is already one of my favourites. After attempting to play with paint and colours for 3 years, trying and failing, getting disappointed and not liking my own artworks, I am slowly getting to a stage where i wanted to be. This artwork is something I had imagined to create for so long but had no skills also, i never give up on anything I hold dear.
As a rebellious act and a successful defeat of fear of failure, I feel this is the best birthday gift I could give to myself. This artwork in just 3 days took so much of me and gave one thing in return - understanding the world of shadows, the world that you can quite look at from the corner of your eyes, the world of lurkers. Mystic and mischievous as the luker is, hides, observes and exists quietly in the exact corners beyond which you can't move your eye. So what do you do? You make a mirror to look at it. That's what this artwork is, capturing the lurker while my canvas acts as a mirror. Tamed and trapped, to be observed. As a lover, my canvas looks out for me. We put together what we need in the artworks and let what's not needed, go. Nothing goes unnoticed or unobserved.
Such a playful act between a canvas and imagination of my inner child accepting the light, the dark and the in-between. I am content that in this life, I have found something that no one can take away from me, my style, my whimsy and my faith in the unnoticed. Something that can't be copied, can't be faked but can only inspire others. 🧿
Happy to share my thoughts with you all. Enjoy! 🧚🏻♀️
In progress, 7i from 'Plastic Emobne' Series (on canvas)
Creating a birthday gift for myself and super content with where this series is leading me to :')
5i from "Plastic Emobne" Series on paper
I don't know what I am doing with my life but I'm locked in with music and art that gives me shivers. Here's a track by @c_a_r_r_i_e_r_ that i'd play if I ever get a chance to be resurrected into the strangest breathing creature. 2 of the artworks layered on the first slide & a mirrored layer in the last one to show some chaos by my thoughts as creepers and lingerers.
Color grading on 1st slide inspired by @riyonemeth 's - Since (2021), one of my favorites. 🌀
4i from "Plastic Emobne" Series on paper
I reached out to my pen to record some patterns after a very long time. Amidst trying new mediums and learning about colours, I had so deeply missed my pen. These days, i find myself going back to my old self and if I don't draw patterns, life gets miserable.
With another colourful artwork here, i wanted to record the chemistry between me and my beloved. Experiences that have revealed bond patterns between us while we held each other through light and dark. This connection will always remain beyond love for me and hence, inspires me to create. 🤍🧿
I hope in life, we get a chance to give & receive love in this capacity. I hope when love arrives at your door, it is not missed or taken for granted but cherished and nurtured in quality, because it multiplies into the most beautiful versions of yourself. If you wish to make world a better place, then it starts here. I wish it for everyone in this sad, mad world.
