Life is a Relative Term, as on 8th of Sept , 2006

Dearest Life,

Life ...is a relative term,

Each life forms a part

Of a relation..

A "Bond " as they call it

Yet some are weak

And others...

Frayed, Distorted

Maybe unhappy !

Yet its life that's bonded.

I hope ours is a bond

 A bond to last

Happy and blessed.

I am now exhausted

and tired of life..

Life and its downs

The prolonged pain

Inspite of  the doors

That I tried to shut..

Unsuccessful and disillusioned

am I with this life !

I look up to you

You ,who offer me calm

Take this tempest

Or close my eyes for good

For life, and to live it ,I will wait

another birth,

I do desire to Live ..

With happiness and  glory

In the true sense of being alive,

To revel in your love

To bloom , blossom

And to be able..

Able ,to support one another

 Through each and every

Up and Down

Reassuring and calm !!

Dearest Life,

Life is a Relative Term,

Each life forms a part

Of a relation..

A bond ..as they call it ...

We are Apart

I wake to the rise..

And think of you,

My eyes barely open...

To the Consciousness sublime,

There draws a reality...

That we are Apart.

I start my day...

And talk to you,

My mind is unsatisfied...

Constantly running to you,

There draws a reality...

That we are Apart.

I end the day....

 Am still lost in you,

My heart is confused...

As i convince myself,

There draws a reality,

That we are apart.

I sail away yet again...

To dream about you,

Re-live cherished moments...

 To fuel my heart and soul,

There too draws a reality...

That we are still apart.

Water Colors 1994-96

My trial with water colors - a tyrst..

Roses...

I tried my hand at waters ......

Daffodils..

The medium is alluring yet its for the fast footed....

Chrysanthemums

i tried

Iris

Until i finally liked this ....

Bunch of Flowers

till i liked this one finally...
then i tried this

Light house in New Zealand....

I am still attracted to the medium and haven't touched it in the last 15 years ,

if my math is correct...

The Red Barn - Oils , 1985

The Red Barn - Oils , 1985

This painting was painted by me when i was 15 years old ...

A fresher.... out of learning school...

half knowledge...as everyone one says is harmful..

But here i am even today armed with that half knowledge !!!

I presented the Red Barn to my loving and adorable Irene Masi and Kerman Masa.

They had a house that rang with peals of laughter... their 4 kids , plus the rest of us gathered cousins, around  13 to 15 kids ..a summer-time  riot... 

They placed my painting, first in their living room for 10 years and then moved it to their Dining room...

It still hangs there.... 

Landscape in Oils, for my friend Sonia Singh

I started to paint this Landscape in 1994, for Sonia , she liked it so much that she decided to take it away from me .... even before i completed it ... i even  wrote her a small note, behind the painting...asking her to keep it safe... as i just might get famous one day.... this was long before i set out to become a wedding planner..

By 1996 , I had made up my mind and set course to action a company called Wedding Art , this bought me the Fame ...of being called India's first Wedding Planner , etc As they say i became Famous....Hahahaha...

Anyhow , I got the painting back ( after much cajoling and begging ) and finished it in 2011 ... and this is what it looks like now...

Thank You Sonia , for priding my incomplete painting for soooooo many years....

Bird of Paradise , painted in Oils, for Rajiv's Living Room in Australia

BIRDS OF PARADISE

Painted in Oils , jan/feb 2011, for my dear friend Rajiv.... for his Living room in Australia....
Rajiv, has been a wonderful friend and has stood by me in my time of crisis in Mumbai, when we were in college, when most  people i knew had either shied away or moved on with their lives...
I would never ever forget his stand to my innocence.
Apart that , we had spent many a vibrant moment in College with a largish group of friends... Rajiv added sanity to our Madnesssssss...
I would take any and every moment to recall "the" Pyjama incident...
Hahahahahaha...

Roses - Oils

Chinese Roses painted in Jan 2011