. T h i r d . E y e . V i s i o n .

As I left Kolkata I practiced an act of 'un-attachment' by dumping the artwork I'd created whilst there. It's true purpose had been served, my focus had been on the joy of creation (plus my backpack was s.t.u.f.f.e.d with other goodies!) So I reluctantly left the drawings alongside the other rubbish in my room as I checked out. 

On return to the hotel a few hours later to collect said s.t.u.f.f.e.d. backpack, I found the lads who took care of housekeeping in the staffroom browsing my leftover sketches (no doubt sniggering over a few of the more nudey ones I'd left!)
Turns out they'd had a raid of the work and one lad requested he keep this drawing to hang as a poster in his room. 

. . .

So my Third Eye still remains somewhere in Kolkata.

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. V i s i o n . O f . E c s t a s y .

Another from the 'Month in Kolkata' project. Inspired by a divine feeling of awe, so forceful and beautiful it almost hurts. 

I really see those hours of line work as a form of meditation! 

Devi grew a lil hair, will probs giver her a trim for future works, but just trying something different. 

G R O W T H

. m . e . d . i . t . a . t . e .

Quite often a drawing begins with a concept I can't really form in words. 

During my 'Month in Kolkata' project I thought a lot about the shift my mindset had taken during the previous 4 months. Having the time and peace to reflect on my mental whereabouts without work/uni/social life to distract me got me thinking about growth or spiritual transformation. Now BEAR WITH ME, nothing too hippy-dippy! Just the ways in which you feel your outlook evolving, how you can feel different as time and experiences change you. Often realisations come after the fact, but as I spent time drawing in Kolkata I felt like I was aware of my vision changing, coming into focus.

So this drawing doesn't have a title, but I was searching for a way to illustrate a kind of mental expansion in physical form. A transformation that leads to a new way of seeing- a whole new, clearer, vision.

Oh, and also she's naked.

This piece was drawn over 4 sheets of A2 paper, in pencil.

Kolkata Daze

So I spent 5 months in India travelling and eating. (Mmmmm)

6 weeks in Kolkata trying to flex the creative muscles away from the boundaries of university and all that cliquey art bullshit an art student is supposed to aspire to.

Coming to terms with the reality that you are not an artist because others perceive you as one. You can just pick up a pencil one day and create something, anything and it's art.

Perceive yourself as an artist and you truly are one. No outside approval, just y o u

Isn't that what it's all about ?

p o n d e r i n g s . . .

Anyway, a pretty chill time was had, rationalising, diary writing and doodling. Making art for myself was a joy, I must remember and hold on to that feeling . . .