Illustration friday... "New"

 Women of India..

Let's hope for the New,

Let's ask for a better tomorrow,

For a better world,

For me and for you.

In memory of the brave young 23 year old gang rape victim 

who succumbed to her horrific injuries and stirred a nation.

Illustration Friday....."Book"

Book of life

Life, is a book I write,

A mirror to my soul.

It weaves and wanders,

Falters and flounders,

Every chapter slowly unfolds,

A magical story told.

Illustration Friday..."Identical"

Clay pots huddled together, 

Each one identical to the other,

 Yet I will choose, 

My eyes cannot be fooled.

 

Illustration Friday ...."Freeze"

 

Winter lakes that freeze

A shikara still goes by

Beautiful Kashmir

....haiku

An attempt at creating a haiku- A short English verse of 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable structure. Haikus have a more complex structure in Japanese poetry from which it originates. 

Sometimes less can mean more and fewer words can describe better the scene before us. That is why I love the simple haiku. You can interpret it in so many ways.

Illustration Friday....."Puzzled"

Puzzled

I climb the spiral staircase, one step at a time,

I seem to walk in circles, morning, noon and night.

Nothing ever changes, yet nothing is the same,

So subtle are my footsteps, yet I falter again.

Peaceful is the tread, slippery is the edge,

With laughter and joy, or despair sharp as a knife,

Every step leaves me puzzled,

On the spiral staircase of life.

Illustration Friday......"mesmerizing"

Mesmerizing.....

from a world beyond.

Intriguing.... a face that seems to haunt.

Illustration Friday...."Gesture"

Walking by on a still night,

In the soft moonlight,

I saw a lady in a tree,

Or did the tree just gesture to me?

A dance of joy unfolded then,

In a moment all was silent again.

She is still there, the lady in the tree,

You would see her if you were me.

Illustration Friday...."Swept"

 

A magical breeze

weaving...

through the Asoka leaves

teasing...

It swept by with care

did it know...

I dwell there.

Illustration Friday......"Journey"

 

A journey to fetch water...A journey of life

The same path....The same footsteps...Time flies by!

Illustration Friday

 

Subterranean....the topic set me thinking, visualizing all the monsters under the earth, waiting to dig their way out, but what if a very pleasant being sits below the surface, ethereal and luminous, creating the splendor we see. A quick illustration with ink and watercolor wash.