FANAAN

What a hectic week it has been, the to and fro trips to abu dhabi....the skipped meals....the sleeping in buses....all for art's sake. Nevertheless it was a rewarding experience. The art workshops in Abu dhabi organised by FANAAN was such a blast. Got the oppurtunity to meet so many established artists and also a glimpse into their works.

Also met someone who looked like a cross between two people ...one whom I once deeply loved and the other whom I intensely hated. Its strange how mixed feelings erupt in your brain at such times. Your are not sure whether to loathe the moment or revert to those glory days. But then they say this lifetime is too small to hate someone and too less to love. So I should put back my thrombosed past and move on. Perhaps the most difficult thing to do....move on.

METAMORPHOSIS

Its strange sometimes how a painting can turn out to be.
I had a vision of a painting i wanted to do since ages....it may sound a bit eccentric but it did appear to me in my dream (the things I can dream about!!). The actual concept was something like this......





Finally got a canvas and as is my usual practice of not using a rough sketch , I just put brush to paint and started ....a stroke here...a dab ther....one thing led to another...a little dauble at the corners , a frenzied brush play .....it was like the painting got done on its own.....and the end result.....

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

OK Friendship day today and have to write about it.
Like any other normal extrovert, I have plenty of friends ( im not bragging, just happy about the fact) and each one is special. Each one with special memories to cherish for life.
Im here all alone and listening to songs like ""yaaron..dosti "" from ROCKFORD and am looking back at the chronology of a friendship
We meet as absolutely strangers. A small countenance, a minuscule shift in the deeply woven intrigue of destiny....a casual acquaintance that leads to a life long friendship.

Nonpareil are the times we share together. Those unforgettable parties, those exciting picnics , perilous treks...those crushes...the love affairs...the broken hearts....the patching up and breaking off...the flirting....the bird watching.....the nicknames(lasts for a lifetime)....the leg pulling...
All that laughter , the fun, the backbiting, the crazy fights, the whole gang grouping up to bring the house down in movie theatres, the last benches in college...the bike rides....getting drunk.....and then suddenly reality dawns and everyone and everything is thrown into disarray.
People scramble out all over the world, some in search of greener pastures, some for education, and some just get married off to timbuktoo..
It really bums you out when you sit in your office cubicle thinking where all that magic went.

Wish life was one pretty dream......but it isnt and here I am writing about it.

No im not emotional about it and am surely crying about it ( that part I leave to those select few who cry over silly things like after watching ""PAA"")( yes neha that was a potshot at u)


Missing everyone......keep in touch people

TWITCHY TWITCH

This is probably the umpteenth time someone is blogging about a twitching eye, but nevertheless my eye is twitching like hell.
A little bit of research on the net tells me about the scores of superstitious beliefs surrounding myokymia ( the medical term for it)

The chinese believe that a twitching left eye is good for males and a twitching right eye is good luck for females

The Indian version is exactly the opposite.

The Lost islands of Mekamekari believe that the right eye twitch signifies an alien invasion while a left eye twitch is a sure sign that a flying cow will crap on your head ( I just made that up , including the ficitional nation)

But on a serious note, a twitch can be caused by lack of sleep, fatigue , anxiety or too much caffeine.....

So the next time ur eye twitches, just relax and take a nap

THE BLAZING HEAT .... AND FACEBOOK ADDICTION

Its a blazing 42 degrees outside. Stepping out in the sun feels like pushing your head into a hot tandoor. It is suicide to step out without adequate sunscreen , cotton clothes, shades, a cap, and air conditioner in your car. On an imaginative perspective, one could fry an omlette on someones bald pate...kinda reminds me of the scene from the movie HOTSHOTS, where charlie sheen fries bacon on a hot lady's tummy....

With this punishing extreme outside, theres is no choice but to stay indoors, which virtually means being glued to the laptop......which further means logging onto facebook.....AND STAYING THERE.

Thanks to my friend Neha who sent me an invite, its been months of checking updates, changing status updates, profile images, posting pics and of course.....not to forget MAFIA WARS. My favourite virtual clickfest of a game, wher u are a virtual gangster forming mafias, holding property and pulling off heists.

and I will be posting this on facebook too.....

Moody tuesday

It’s raining in Al Ain, it ought to be cheering me up but it has caught me in a sombre mood. Maybe it’s the months and months of deprivation from partying and hanging out with friends. Nevertheless I’m a bit moody today and the rains are not helping me much.

I’m compelled to sit and brood about the past which is a mortal sin. Thinking about the past kills your present and spoils the future. But then if one could control ones thoughts, life would have been much easier

I sometimes wish we all had a rewind option at least once in a lifetime, just go back some years back in time, correct all the mistakes, avoid all the situations where I made a big fool of myself, prevent myself from hurting others (unintentionally) and thereby write a new present and future for myself.

But would I be the same again?

I am what my life experiences have made me. Each good or bad phase in life has taught me an unforgettable lesson. I’m but forced to admit that all the hurt, all the pain has only made me stronger.

This day I have memories, good ones that I can smile about, bad ones I would love to forget, and others that I could just sit and laugh about someday.
I like my past, coz that’s what I am

And I just look out the window and enjoy the fresh showers that bring divine hope to a forlorn soul.

new painting

The painter's block is gone and I made a new one recently. Got a unique hexagonal shaped pre stretched canvas. Didnt think about the form wanted to paint, just did the background and voila a shape emerged which i later highlighted.

UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON

For all the curious readers who are wondering why this post is named after a clothing line...read on....

On a good day, I see patients from at least 10 different nationalities. Iran, UAE, Indian, Germans, bangladesh, pakistan,,..u name it....Curiously enough the basic language is the same. Everyone laughs when they are happy , everyone smiles in the same way, everyone screams in pain the same way. A frown, a sigh, a giggle...all are the same. Each emotion bearing testimony to the fact that we human beings are in fact same creatures in basic genetic constitution. Ok most of the times you can differentiate a person by his accent. But just try this....walk into a paediatric ward or ICU, close your eyes and just listen to the crying of all babies....try to differentiate each one by its cry....hard isnt it?..................and still we have conflicts, borders and hate????

BURJ KHALIFA......MINDBLOWING

Finally something new in the dailies besides "THE YEAR THAT WAS, THE YEAR THAT WILL BE" It was getting too cliched anyway. Burj Khalifa, the new tower opened in Dubai yesterday amidst much fanfare. It was inaugurated by Sheikh Mohammed on the occasion of his ascension to the throne. Standing at a staggering 828 metres, it has beaten all structures in the world by a huge margin. Doesnt look like there will be any competition to this giant for quite sometime. Offices designed by Giorgio Armani, superfast elevators, tallest observation decks, this beauty has it all. And i saw it it too.....in person.....yeaaah



The new year dawns, time to make and break resolutions
My resolutions for this year
1. BLOG REGULARLY
2. GIVE MORE TIME FOR PAINTING AND LESS FOR TV
3. DONT FALL IN LOVE ( NOT WITHTHE WRONG KINDA FEMALES AT LEAST)
4. PLAY LESS MAFIA WARS ON FACEBOOK ( THIS ONES TO BE BROKEN)

TILL THEN..........