Reflections on Art, Identity, Desire, and the Quiet Pursuit of a Meaningful Life
Humanity lives in so many layers.
We hide everything that is exceptional and live in a velvet prison of normality.
We pay heed to appearances, approvals, and ambitions.
Seldom do we peep into what lies beyond the structure that is erected to support the facade.
Life is better when nobody knows what you’re doing.
You’re free.
When you face the public, you build a public image.
That is the trap.
Like art, their perception of you is an interpretation.
In the right eyes, you will be art.
Look for those eyes, and that would be enough.
Look for those eyes in the mirror, and that would be more than enough.
You are inherently silent. Your sound is a play with silence.
Silence is the place where you hear yourself.
Once you fall in love with silence, you fall in love with yourself.
You are the silence.
Are you climbing the mountain for the world to see you, or for you to see the world?
Society, the world, tells you to hurry. Anything hurried is annoying.
Conditioning tells us to rush things and get them done. We call it productivity.
Art tells you to take your time. It is creativity.
Don’t call to wish if you are treated like a goal.
Wishful thinking has its own beauty. Goals are rigid.
You are absolutely capable of creating the life you cannot stop thinking about.
If it is your calling, it will keep calling.
The pursuit of a goal is very dramatic.
You are available to your dreams when you are unavailable to drama.
And before you know it, drama can turn into trauma.
There is a subtle difference between what you want to do and what needs to be done.
When an abstract artist stands in front of his canvas, he is not bothered about the outcome.
He is sure of the journey, but the destination is not determined.
It’s like poetry, which has substance but lacks meaning.
It has existence — simple, pure joy of being.
There is no want to be understood or misunderstood, or to be quiet or controversial.
The process is not about going out in search of meaning, approval, and attention.
The wish is to bring yourself back to yourself.
And here you meet the most important person in your life.
You are the most important person in your life.
Being in this state is being in the most joyous experience.
Because there is no experiencer in this process. Only experience is.
What a privilege it is to have so many things to be grateful for.
The painter becomes the painting.
If you have gnosis, you don’t need faith.
Sometimes you just have to become absurdly optimistic and watch life rearrange itself around that belief.
Beauty alone cannot save you.
You will deliver yourself.
To fulfil a wish, your wish has to be made.
And the wish is the most abstract thinking.
When you wish, you wish for nothing in particular.
The mind runs in all directions and wants everything. All you end up with is nothing in the mind at the end.
This is why wishes are significant.
They act as an antidote to themselves.
They restrict you from goals and making things happen, and they allow you to let things happen.
Because clarity comes from the realisation that we don’t have clarity on what we want.
We can be many things in many ways with many faces. It’s hard to choose just one.
And that’s the reality that stands before the ultimate reality.
The ultimate reality is that we are no one and nothing.
What we wish for is empty, as the wish itself is empty.
Don’t move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move.
What’s not meant for you will disappoint you a thousand times until you understand.
That which you most need will be found where you least want to look.
You don’t reach your goal with endurance. You reach your goal with exhaustion.
A true teacher would send you back to yourself.
The last checkpoint on this journey of life is not winning at life, but losing to death.
Life is preparation for death.
And this is not a catastrophe. This is not a triumph either.
It is simply the understanding that everything cannot be defined and perceived in form.
You can live without religion, but religion cannot survive without you.
Be so rooted in yourself that nobody’s absence or presence can disturb your peace.
We were born with a naked body; we were born with the nakedness of mind.
We were born without clothes; we were born without thoughts.
A Personal Note
In July 2026, I will be presenting my work in Abstract Expressionism at the Venice Art Festival during the period of the Venice Biennale — a moment that feels both deeply personal and artistically transformative for me.
This journey began in silence, uncertainty, experimentation, and belief. Like many artists, I have spent years creating not from comfort, but from necessity — because some callings simply refuse to leave you alone.
To make this exhibition possible, I am currently raising funds for travel, logistics, production, and presentation costs associated with the show.
If this piece, my philosophy, or my work resonates with you in any way, I would genuinely appreciate your support — no matter how small the contribution may be.
Every contributor will receive:
- A painting as a return gift
- An invitation to a private gathering and celebration in India following the exhibition
Your support would not simply fund a trip. It would help carry an artistic vision from India to Venice.
Support here:
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Amitofo (阿弥陀佛)