My 30 day mint challenge is technically over, but since I had already started off on our annual '9 Nights' community art mint to celebrate the Indian festival of 'Navratri', (which translates to 'Nine Nights'), I'm still going strong with day 32 of my 30 day challenge.
Each day of '9 Nights' has a unique colour and theme.
9 Nights Day 8: Theme: Charm Colour: Pink
Wrote some poetry to explore the first 'pink' visual cue that came to my mind when I thougth of the word 'charm'.. a pair of pink lips.
'Words sound different when they leave your lips. Like Poetry. A melody so otherworldly that I lack the vocabulary to describe. Enchant me some more. I am a slave to your charm.'
Gurmukhi/Punjabi script reads 'Mithiyan galan... Tere mithe bol.' which translate to 'Sweet words... Your sweet voice'
Day 32 of my 30 Day Daily Mint Challenge.
Series: Free Expression
Express yourself. It is therapeutic.
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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after. Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture: The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India. The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works. And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help). And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box... Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place? Do we have room for our inner child to play? Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?
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Each day of '9 Nights' has a unique colour and theme.
9 Nights Day 8:
Theme: Charm
Colour: Pink
Wrote some poetry to explore the first 'pink' visual cue that came to my mind when I thougth of the word 'charm'.. a pair of pink lips.
'Words sound different when they leave your lips.
Like Poetry.
A melody so otherworldly that I lack the vocabulary to describe.
Enchant me some more.
I am a slave to your charm.'
Gurmukhi/Punjabi script reads 'Mithiyan galan... Tere mithe bol.' which translate to 'Sweet words... Your sweet voice'
Day 32 of my 30 Day Daily Mint Challenge.
Series: Free Expression
Express yourself. It is therapeutic.
ZOOM IN TO SEE ALL THE LITTLE STORIES AND DETAILS.
Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?