Savvy Raj

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Art of New Beginnings

Who said beginning again was easy ?

In the discomfort of new beginnings

In the challenges of the changes

You feel lost in a maze.

You sense your vulnerabilities.

Yet, as you persevere on, with a beginners mindset

No matter what and where life takes you…

You find your own strengths

Unfolding new paths & possibilities.

Beginnings challenge the best of us.  Not all is rosy and easy…especially the beginning, all over again.

I was thinking of how important it is to imbibe the beginners  mindset, the one that is passionately earnest  and yet humble in patience &  perseverance to bend and not break….that makes it an art of new beginnings.

Savvy


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Charcoal on black

Art on black paper

The artist is engrossed

Working relentlessly

Charcoal on black

Revealing the light from the dark

Reversing the fundamentals of art

Shaping the light into form

Contouring the edges

White charcoal lifts and highlights

Speckling with light

Black ones adding depth  

Matting the shine

The fluid fingers flowing 

Almost dancing on paper

Sweeping strokes

Creating softness of light

In contrast they meet

Sharp staccato moves

Accenting tension and texture.

Arresting the eyes.

This waltz with light on dark

And dark on light 

In shades & tones

Applying and erasing

Refining in the rendering

Form merges and emerges…

Savvy


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Stay Hopeful

When the odds stack high, .When our visions are not far enough,When the road ahead seems blocked,When we are at our wits’ endWhen we are at cross with destinyIt shakes hand with us.As it has planned aheadA reciprocal arrangementThat opens a new path,A new vision appears.Nothing ends,A new beginning starts.Hope is here to stay. A […]

Stay Hopeful


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Serenading my senses…

It’s early evening

The sunlight is still filtering in

I sit back, after a walk.

It feels like a balmy dusk

Watching dappled rain drops

Falling on verdant leaves 🍃

Petrichor fills the air

Rising from the earth

Sensing the glimmers of this now.

Serenading my senses, in serendipity…

Savvy


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Truth of Meditation

Happened to read a profound quote share of Lao Tzu, from The Tao Teh Ching by my wonderful blogger friend Eddie Two Hawks here https://wp.me/p16fFF-6Ic Here is my contemplation based on the quote Close the doors..Of the chaos of thoughtsOf unnecessary judgementsin the makingClose the doors…Consciously in the noticingIn mindfulness than mindlessness &overthinking.This is the […]

Truth of Meditation


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Smile from the heart!

It’s truly a wonderful way to live inside out.

There is a lot in life to be thankful for .

Sending such an intention outward is an unending hope, that life never hardens, the living with all our heart & soul.

Savvy

#smile from the heart


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Light of dawn

Its presence needs a little wait, 

In both patience and perseverance.

To envision the mighty rays

Dawn of its true potential.

In lighting the hearts

Aflame in purpose.

 

This poem aims to reflect the dawn, by beginning slowly to depict the stillness that  precedes the dawn and like an  inhale, generate the light  building up to dawn and then   accelerate to the brilliance of  sunshine… hope you enjoy reading it.

🌞 Savvy


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Look at the sky

Look up

The same sky that brought the storm

Brings forth the sunshine

What more proof do you need,

To trust that it will soon change?

Whatever it is,

Better times are around the bend.

Savvy


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Grace of Luminescence

On a moonlit night 
Embalmed in its luminescence.

Bathed in its argent glow
Graced by the peace in the beam

Radiance lingers in its pearlescent reflection
Drawing us to look upwards

As we are enveloped by its lovely light.

Savvy


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Preciousness Of Now

What’s different about you, after the storm ?
Are you hardened and toughened by it ?
Or are you more humane, compassionate and gentler as  a human after the storm ?


It all depends on you
And how you choose to perceive it.

Perhaps the storm teaches you to steel the self

And create a self preservation shield from such experiences.

On the other hand it could make you more alive to life and the preciousness of now.

As you choose to live and love the life you have left than simply exist in the moments. ✨️

#Life Life Lovingly ❤️

This post actually was inspired by a comment from  my dear friend on WordPress over the years and most of all, a truly empowered and brilliant author Maggie Watson.

Her  comment made me  stop and think of how much  even a mention of the word,’ Storm’ can conjure up. And how much those who have survived it may be feeling … each of these bravehearts may have a different tale to tell.

Yet the truth is their heart beats to the preciousness of this now.

Savvy


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Heartbeats

Storms rage and ravage

They lay waste the efforts

And destruct many a lives.

Yet they rise, only to fall

When the storm subsides

The world picks up the pieces

Of the then and now…

To build again in hope

That tommorow is another new day.

But storms that pass, often leave imprints;

Of traumas in those testing times

Of  fear in the back of the mind. 

They appear in dreams

Almost as if it is reality.

They create confusion in the sanest of times

But when the heart knows  

That fear is just the mind 

Playing its tricks again.

It becomes brave

And continues to beat stronger

And life dances to its beats…

For it has survived the storm.

Rest all is history 💙

Storms have a way of playing with our life even when they  have long subsided.
The brewing storm in our  thoughts and dreams  may seem fearful  yet they also bring perspective to empower ourselves.

I write these verses inspired by  the reading the title and verses of this poem, this morning. Thank you 🙏   poeticmobility.

And the image here is from  my  Ai artwork collections, for I  somehow feel it belongs here as well.

I leave a question  here for you to reflect upon…

Every life has survived its own share of storms

Leaving much wisdom in the learnings  behind.

What lesson has your heart learned after the storm?

Savvy Raj


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The Path of Clarity

Cultivate patience in the  waiting

A rippling water cannot reflect

So it is with your thoughts…

Savvy 

1/100  #The Path of Clarity 


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Trust that

Sometimes when you are lost

Know time is working its ways

Between these moments

Too sensitive to a fault

Or too numb to be hurt.

When life is a like a storm

And you feel lost in a maze

You still find your way out

To the now, as you read this,

Trust time to deliver ways

Trust that…

Savvy


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Where does this moment take you?

If you could turn the key to a door  that opens up to a place  somewhere right now…

Where does your imagination  take you?

Near mountains

Near water sources

Green spaces

Or spiritual spaces

Or somewhere where your  heart is calling out?

What is your favourite kind of place?

Or is your desire to stay 

Wherever you are,

Stronger than anything else?

Sometimes in the middle of movements there is a desire for stillness

In the middle of hectic days…

For the quietness of calm.

And sometimes amidst silence

There is much going on…

The mind is steering the wheel

Both movement  and stillness

Are part of the journey.

And the desire to drive on

Explore discover the world

And what it has to offer

Is something that happens

To evolve every life.

Savvy


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A learning mind

A true learners mind never ages

For  they have the curiosity of a child

A blank slate where learning  can be added

An earnestness in exploration

A trustful disposition

An open mind that allows  expansion…

And most of all a readiness to learn 

To imbibe knowledge and update the self.

When the mind is ready

The understanding happens

Savvy