Being reasonable is standard operating wisdom, which has its place in our lives. However, for High Achievement centric thinking, the opposite seems to work. High achievement or anything out of the ordinary requires you to extend yourself outside your comfort…
For those three years that I hung around at my exhibition at the World Trade Center, I was in love with the lovely ambience and the feeling that that architecture created. I couldn’t stop wandering around admiring the nooks and…
I came across this quote about Art and Happiness “Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers,…
Highly Inspirational Perspiration with Persistent Optimism The formula and the process are simple. You get some inspiration while taking shower. You then perspire in the day to take a few steps to test it in a dry run. By the…
The other day, I came across the title of this management book titled “Change Management” which has an interesting punch line, “Manage change before it manages you”. It really got me thinking, can we manage change? Really manage it? If…
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” Carl Jung When you learn something tangible like a skill or…
2001: The Space Odyssey – It’s called the greatest science fiction film of all time by many. Made by Stanley Kubrick, ( my favorite film director ) and released in 1968. I remember seeing the film for the first time…
On the last day of my stint with Frank Simoes, who was the copywriter and owner of the leading creative-driven advertising agency in India, I distinctly remember me sitting in his book-lined office with a red portable typewriter, facing him,…
Creativity, in any discipline, much like painting, is one that comes in layers. It doesn’t happen all a once or is just dumped in one big load. It arrives in stages. You get the inspiration to do something, then you…
Painting large-scale works is a grueling process and it takes physical endurance, creative stamina, and a passionate heart, all of which need discipline and training. Sometimes, I have had to stand and paint for 14 hours a day, sometimes more,…
Noor’s reference to Edward de Bono’s books like the Six Thinking Hats, it is evident that Noor has changed hats throughout his trajectory. Right from running his own ad company and managing creative accounts with a team of fifty people,…
“As an artist with his own ‘calling’ to paint, Noor decided to travel on this journey by self-educating himself in the processes and techniques that most artists learn in professional art institutions. Over the conversation, he counted 300 art books…
