The Inner Calling
“I feel like a soul seeking my purpose. You may term it as the Inner calling if that’s the term you like. I have been around and practiced creative pursuits for few decades in various disciplines, and practiced those, ever…
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The Law of Change
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…
Learning & Unlearning
“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…
The Spaced Out Odyssey
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…
Knowledge is Power
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,…
Garbage Art Genre
Garbage In Garbage Out ( GIGO ) – We all know that computer terminology. It happens to most humans too, we only are capable of giving back what we receive by way of exposure and taking in. If one reads…
Layers of Creativity
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 is Hard Work?
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,…
Getting High on Thinking
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,…
Light vs Dark
“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…
Adverts – the Art of the 80s
Advertising was the biggest art form practiced in the eighties and nineties. And it was like the womb for many other disciplines like film, writing, music, and other Fine Arts. Salman Rushdie was an advertising copywriter for many years before…
Why be an Artist?
Why does society not encourage the profession of an artist? What’s the core issue? Why is it frowned upon traditionally speaking? These are tough questions that need to be answered. The very simplistic answer to this very deep-sounding question is…