Hide and seek

I miss being a kid. Sometimes I just want to go back to old times where I used to lie with a fear of what my mom is going to do to me, unlike now where I have to fight with my gulit. I used to share because elders told us sharing is caring and we believed it, our innocence.
I loved it when we used to make rules and break it without causing any harm to other people. A phase where I just did not care about how others would think of me. Especially for Hide and Seek, a game which will always be one of my deepest memories. Me and my cousins, who I hardly see now because of being caught up with our lives, used to play it all day long. I spy!

I STILL CALL IT HOME

my deepest memories lie in my old house where i was born and lived till the age of 5. I still have the memories embeded deep in my mind and even today when i cross that house i call it home.
"THE RED BRICKS UNPAINTED,
THE BIG WINDOW DECORATED
THE TYRE, MY SWING ON WHICH I ROTATED
THE BIG OLD TREE, MULTI SHADED
IN MY MEMORY UN-FADED
I STILL CALL IT HOME "

Spirituality

Spirituality to one of my friend Spooks is “to lead a life of love and purity, to achieve our goals (even material) without harming others” and this is what I have tried to depict in artwork above. The four pots are running towards their goals with an aim to achieve what they want and without caring that the others walking on the same path might get hurt.

And overall thought about Spirituality….
Spirituality to me is to find the true self or to find the nature of the self !

Spirituality is to live the life as it is meant to be and not as we aspire or desire to be. It is beyond any religion, God or any scared practice.

The true spirituality for me lies in the "be & make" philosophy, where one needs to attend the certain true self and then try and help others find their nature by practicing and not merely by preaching. I surely believe that we all originated from the same source so in that sense we all are "ONE" and therefore we try and follow "love all, serve all" philosophy to be really true to ourselves and to be really happy..!!

Spiritually helps one attain and to remain in the positive attitude of mind and to be aware of all the things within and around at all times. For me, the Creator or the God or The All Mighty lives within us as our soul and constantly guiding us to trade the path of virtue and dharma.

Being Spiritual helps us in all the practical aspect of life as it propel us to lead a life of love and purity, to achieve our goals (even material) without harming others. True spirituality is to be true to ourselves.

Theatre

My best friend is in the dramatics society of her college. I saw how every aspect uses the colors in performing arts. Red expresses love, power and strength which was shown in this play

ItS SuMMer TimE.....!!!!!

It's Summer Time

Where we enjoy every year

When we lay out in sun,

with cool cool "Summery Dresses"

It's Summer Time

When all Scream For

"AN ICE-CREAM"
When we chill all around

singing "ICE ICE BABY"

It's the good time of season when

my "BIRTHDAY" comes around

and have fun with everyone.

RGB

I happened to find a photograph from my last vacation in Rajasthan. It is an incredible example of how colors exist and merge in nature. The dynamic way in which green color changes into red increases my appreciation for nature and its gift.

It is a dancer's photograph which has been superimposed. No modifications.

Spring Time

Life is a Dance

I'm very excited about dance and love it with a deep passion. So as my deepest memory I want to share this joyful moment of my life where I had got a prize in dancing for the first time when I was just 6yrs of age. It was an honour for me and my parents.

Dance is my pulse, my heartbeat, my breathing. It's the rhythm of my life. It's the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy."

We dance for laughter,we dance for tears,
we dance for madness,we dance for fears,
we dance for hopes,we dance for screams,
we are the dancers,we create the dreams."

MAKE LIFE WORTH LIVING

Spirituality to me is a way to reach god, and i feel really close to god when i experience true love.I strongly believe that we are priviledged just to help and extend our love to those who are less previliged and thats the only way we can live our lives to the fullest. So my art work depicts love.

A Gift From God...

Years ago when i was just about four God gave me a chance to experience the joy of being on cloud nine by sending me the perfect gift, a perfect friend..'my sister'...Having spent years together, we have found the best of buddies in each other.

The feeling of holding her in my arms for the first time is still fresh, and the joy experienced cannot be told in words..

So I dedicate my deepest memory to my most priced possession, Arpika.

RGB........................

As a child when I was small I always use to see the colors in the nature how it changes , in my artwork I have tried to show the spring season , as spring comes the surroundings in the nature changes , also there is greenery everywhere. The nature becomes very ecofriendly , I have tried to show it with contrasting colors blue and green , where I have depicted the colors in a way as nature becomes pleasant and there is greenery everywhere in the atmosphere, a healthy enviromment to live life.

RGB

The sight of looking through the bright red flowers trying to identify the shapes in the sky

was thrilling and exciting as a child.

The contrasting colours of the red flowers in the view of the bright stars added liveliness and gave it a new life adding an essence of beauty to it.

SPIRITUALITY - Ankit Khurana

Spirituality to me means thanking god for what ever happens to me or others around me... i strongly believe that asking god for things does not help, we should do our tasks ourselves and not bow before anyone else not even god.
i also re-did the cover of the book to make it more suitable to our theme -"SPIRITUALITY" .

Spirituality lies in the deep roots of the man kind

I saw the watchman of my colony alert and awake, performing his duties very religiously even past mid night, this gave me a realization that the true values of this watchman has been purely inculcated from his father and fore fathers, who were honest and hardworking farmers.

Thus, we can clearly understand that the true values lies in the deep roots of a family tree which keeps growing generation by generation.

She had a great fall

I got raised up in a farm where I lived with a lot of cousins, one being my age :Eshita. Eshita would bite me and hit me all the time when we were young.

One day we were playing and I got angry with her and was going up to my room, she started chasing me. I told her to go away a lot of times but she didn't listen. So I pushed her slightly, she lost her balance and fell off the stairs.

. Her grandmother and mother went running to get her and I got screamed at very badly, I had no one to go to so I stood there in shock.There was a echo of all the harsh sounds. It was such a bad fall and frightened me for days as I could hear her scream.

That is the first memory of mine and still makes me feel bad.

blu blu blu graced with blak. . .

IS THIS HOME OR JUST A HOUSE?

Being born in a zamindar's family of Bihar i was not allowed to go out and mix with others, i used to sit at the big oak door everyday and wait for people who can come play with me. Here in this art work i have tried to show contrast by making a door and a garden. In the door i have used glossy sheet which has ornamentation on upper side of the door and stone on the lower side to show that even though my family people were so called richest of the town but were as emotionless as stone to keep me locked inside the house while i should have played.

Spirituality to me....

Spirituality to me is my inner self is my guiding light , giving me strength and a spiritual flight
The complete poem:-

Sun to many
is a ball of fire
a star on its pyre

a source of life
a natures delight

a mythological god
a metaphysical aspect of thought

a flower for a child
a physical entity for the mind

But for me

it is a synonym
for my spiritual self
guiding me how to connect
with my inner strength

using the energy
that is innate in me
guiding my journey
to the salvation indeed

like the sun
we are the centre
for the journey of a kind
which is as its splendor...........

The inner eye...

Eyes are the mirror of the soul and this suggests just that..Spirituality is something from within and it can not be defined by any practice or rituals...For me it is deep rooted in the core of my soul...The eye depicts the window to my inner self which reflects the world within me...

Life on sea!

My deepest memories lay far back in time when i was a little kid, the time when i travelled with mom and dad in the ship.

My dad is a merchany officer, the captain of cargo ships, i think i sailed on my first ship when i was 3 mnths old, that is what my mom said, i was sailing with my dad till the age of 7-8 years, till they decided that schooling was also an imp key for me.

I still remember the amt of fun i had there, even though there werent many families stayin with us, me my mommy and dad formed happiest little herd there.

I sat on the dads shoulder an went to the officers smoke room an chilled, a room where there was a tv an a pantry.

I always hanged from my dads desk in the navigation room, and my dad never got annoyed with that.

Since my moms only possible an best companion would be me apart from dad, me and mom did a lot of things to pass our time, we had chocolate eating competitions,knocking officers cap an running off etc etc.

We all loved to stand on the bridge, i guess that was the most amazing part of the ship, the bridge, i still remember, one day dad got off work early and we went on the bridge for a perfect evening, and it indeed was the journey from malaysia to london had pretty dolphins jumping at the neck of our ship.

I had thought this is life, water everywhere, yummy seafood from the chef uncle, we stop by land for a small vacation and that is it.

but little did i know those where the fairy tale moment of my life, where i thought my mom had nothing else to do but play with me, my dad would always stay around me, one day we landed on the land and i went jumping around free spaces, hugging every dog i saw on the way. I enjoyed dogs and free spaces on land, but for my vacation. That day was different dad said from now we will stay here, "this is our new home" my mom murmured, and since then everything changed!

Amie come sit on my wall

I took inspiration from the really nice greens and blues in Aanchal's piece.. so..

..In the summer of my first year at college, for about a month, I used to go swimming every morning after which I would head for breakfast to a friend's place...something I used to really look forward to.

Amalina's house had these bright green curtains, this airy atmosphere and a welcoming family .. I would always be offered the lightest teas and would always be laughing as the Daves went about their regular commentry about anything and everything.

Somewhere down the end of the month I learned that Big Bird's (Amalina) father was colour blind to Reds and most shades of Blues..something that completely betrayed the colourful nature of the family.

Razzle Dazzle goes the mirthful Spirit . . .

The Spirit is an ostentatious being or whatever you like to call it (referring to the term being here) . . . It is an explosion of thought, emotion and energy. The strength of the Spirit lies in it's ability to welcome and be willing to embrace the good, the bad and the ugly.

MY DEEPEST MEMORY

School days are the best time in everyone's life, it was mine too. I studied in Sherwood College, where I have spent my life's most amazing time with my friends in a great environment.

Some of the memories were staying in hostel, chating till late nite, eating junk food slyly,doing mischief all the time, having fun, studying in a group and the list would be never ending.

Some lines from my school song-

"O' Sherwood fair to thee we sing,

Our song with memories fill.

The greatest days we have on earth,

O' Sherwood are with thee".

Disparity between Shapes

At some level or another, the word dissimilarity reminds me of shapes and what different shapes can do to a thing.
Especially when it comes to liquids, I think they are at the mercy of the containers they are in.
I have always been intrigued by the way they change their shape according to their container. While a thin long bottle can make a liquid look lean and elongated, a short and curvaceous one can make the same liquid look rather sensuous.

This work of art for me highlights the disparity between shapes. And how each shape has a different story to tell.

Spirituality

i often talk to myself. It is my way of looking into my soul. I do not pray, meditate or practice religion . I sit alone and ask myself various questions and try answering them myself. These emotions can't be given a FORM. I did not plan the artwork as it would completely defy my spiritual belief. I sat down, asked myself how I feel and expressed it on the paper.

differentiate in colors

like in our daily life we always find different colors in terms of moods,stages and things around us so i just connected my thoughts in the form of an art work..and here i had to produce an artwork with the use of RGB colors.RGB colors in them are very contrasting.here i depict the dissimilarities between the colors(RGB)through different mediums and textures...
i just played with the colors based on my thought on the random sheet of paper.i didn't thought of any shape,size and things,like somewhere i used poster color,somewhere color paper. i used color in a very improper way to show the disproportion.

Good old friend

some periods of my childhood were quite turbulent, having to face and deal with alot of things..A lot of the imagery I use today comes from this period.. and the nightmares I had in it .. but it used to all somhow melt away when Poochy would sleep on my shoulder.

He died because some quack doctor gave him the wrong medicine.

P.S the song lyrics are from "wicked little town (Tommy Gnosis version)" by "Hedwig and the angry inch"

And there's no mystical design,

No cosmic lover preassigned.

There's nothing you can find

that can not be found.

'Cause with all the changes

you've been through

It seems the stranger's always you.

Alone again in some new

Wicked little town.

A Ray to A New Soul

A Ray to a new Soul......

The picture depicts the beauty of the nature and new life.

Through spirituality how a soul becomes a source of inspiration in life.

RGB

I enjoy connecting with people through dissimilarities. This makes life more interesting as one gets to explore a totally opposite character then ourselves. Understanding diverse and unique set of their ideology and practice. And then get influenced by their positive attributes.

art

deep in my memory

when i was thinking,thinking,thinking

the first thought that came into my mind

was the word called "ART"

A little bit of me everywhere ;)

Every day we have multiple opportunities to interact with other people. This includes people we already know but most of the times we are surrounded by people we do not know yet.

My collage depicts how we connect with other people, we find a little bit of us in everyone!,
the 3 different colors depict the characteristics in me, and the background is the world and people around me.

I have traces of a little bit of me that i find in everyone and everything else which makes me easier to CONNECT! It is amazing how much easier it becomes to approach totally new people

SPIRITUALITY

Some are religious, some are not,

what is common is that we all think of God.

They cry out his name, when in pain,

believing that everything can and will be same.

DEEPEST MEMORY

Don't pluck the flowers

He said...

She did not listen and went ahead...

Plucked the flower and ran away

Next day to go to school

She was tensed and afraid...

The gardener would beat her

for what she did the other day!!

With tears in her eyes

She stood outside the school gate...

Take me back home

She cried to her maid...

Deepest memory -Ankit Khurana

This artwork is my portrayal of a memory of mine when i was about 16 when due to different reasons and pressures i was told not to do what i wished to do with my life...it simply portrays the bad sense of control that had overcome me and my future....

Me, my guardian angel

I feel that amidst a thousand thoughts, there is always one which comes from within. Its the strength within you which helps you hear that one voice which is your 'own'.

Different people have different ways of being 'spiritual' but, the belief that YOU are your guardian angel, makes you connect to the world within you.

Connected...

According to me life is a colourful journey where on the way we meet different people who add their colours to our life and help us make our own little rainbows.
This is the bright journey of my life where each little circle depicts someone whom I have met and connected with in such a way that they have inspired and enriched in some capacity or the other. I feel that my association with them has helped me become what I am today. This process will hopefully will continue for ever and ever...

Deepest Memory

This is one of my childhood memory, which still remains as a question mark in my thoughts. As a kid I was always taught “all religion is one”. I use to go temples or I can say (as part of practice) I was force to go to a temple. And today after fifteen years, India has become modern in every aspect of life. But today also I see a kid, directed to practice a certain belief/religion of which the kid is not aware of, they join their hands before a statue and even they don’t know WHY.?

RGB

Life is an illusion, untill one wakes up to reality. In the journey of life, we go through many ups and downs and hope for the best. We become a victim of the illusion and tend to change according to different situations.

It becomes hard for us to accept the fact that we have changed over the years when sumeone close to us makes us realize it. We should all understand that "Changes are good and helps us grow in life".

SPIRITUALITY

complete poem :

Om namah shivay

She chants while on bed she lies

Still, waiting for the sun to rise.

Before the world, she’s all awake

Sings with the birds, about Meera and Ganesh.

Simple sari and a bindi to grace,

Her poise empowered by elegance

Serene, ethereal yet powerful her gait.

Her beauty like the endless blue sky,

As pure as the gangotri high.

She bows before the lord like a devoted sage

Begins her morning with pilgrimage.

Content with the family, she adores

The smile on her grandchildren’s face, she lives for.

Spiritual she feels when her son’s touch her feet

And her daughters ask her to prepare their favorite treat.

Overwhelmed with love, she’s ready to pour

Look into her eyes, and you’ll be sure.

Her soul connects to the beads in her hands

She’s my spiritual reality,

To her I bow down with folded hands.

Dedicated to my grandmother, who for me is the epitome of spirituality.

RGB

A human has many relations in life, some are blood and some are professional.
He is constantly running after success, money and wants hi-tech world around him. He is trapped in the Vicious circle of money, the unwanted illusion and lives in the world of enmity.
He didn’t realize he is losing upon the true values of life.
Finally, when he gets the knowledge of right and wrong, he tries to come out of the illusion, but by the time this realization takes place it’s too late, he is only one step away from the death.
His own blood relations come forward and try to rescue him from death.

The Rainbow of life...follow the STORM!

In the early touch of spring when I take my first step out 

in the meadow, the delicate kiss of the wind on my skin, 

the chirping of the birds, the bloom of flowers like a carpet

of rainbow, the mischief game of squirrels, the light rattle 

of insects, the gentle sprinkle of water makes me travel in

a whole new different world .....where nothing is so pure

as mother nature. For me this is life which by time goes 

through the judgement day ...to fight the storm of destruction

but in the end always proves it's worth of victory.

This is where I discovered the true relationship of Beauty. 

This is where.... I understood the deep meaning of  Spirituality.

 For spirituality is every where.....in me and in the life around me!

Deepest Memory

Today if I look back to my childhood the first thing that brings smile to me is the tickling game which my mother used to play with me. I am sure that every one can connect it with their own childhood memories too, only the language and the way it is done would have been different. Being a Keralite, my mother used to play this game with me in Malayalam. The game associates the five dishes that the child eats with his/her five fingers and when each dish to be eaten is called, the child is supposed to fold his one finger. When all the five fingers get folded, mummy used to run her hands on my arm like an ant and then tickle. It used to make be laugh enormously and may be that’s the reason that she used to play it with me very often.