A ladder is a link
A point of interconnections
A bridge between two sides
Between two opposites.
A ladder is not always to climb
A ladder leads you to connect
But the choice is yours
If you want to lead or be led by it.
Climb the ladder with confidence
Continue to bridge over challenges
Meet the changes with integrity
Dare the new horizons in hope.
Savvy
Question yourself
Am I thinking well?
If I were to choose a colour
What colour would my thoughts be in this now?
Are my feelings cold or warm?
Are my emotions overflowing or in balance.
Is my spirit shackled or free?
Are my thoughts racing or calming?
Your answers will speak to you,
Of your state of being.
If ever you feel the need to introspect and self regulate you can use these questions that came to me today to do a self check, as to where you are placed in this spectrum of life in the now.
Writing here every day on WordPress has drawn many readers who have messaged me their challenges and it is a privilege to connect, meet and also coach some of them.
As a writer and a life coach, I have been intentionally motivating with my thoughts over the years. I find joy in writing my heart out and yet be able to empower myself and my readers with positive thoughts. I believe it makes a difference and I hope to continue making these small yet positive impacts through my works, be it through art or words.
Feel free to share colours of your thoughts today here.
And I hope you have a beautiful time wherever in the world you are.
Savvy Raj
Much happens in the sounds
Much happens in the silence
For it is never still
The troughs and crests
The highs and lows
The swing and the sways
Are all but a dance of waves
Of energy in the flow of life
Asserting in the ascent
And subsiding in the descent.
Shaping itself in the changes.
Much like notes of music
Coming together in coherence
And the spaces between notes
Making music to those
Who care to sense.
All parts to the same whole
Finding meaning in itself.
Finding purpose for itself.
Such is the circle of life.
Savvy
This is part 2 of my painting interpretation of Coherence inspired further from the two interesting comments by @Katiemiafredrick and @Simon here.
Inculcating a habit of listening to music regularly, or even practicing music by learning to sing or playing an instrument, can improve your creativity.
Learning anything new can spark new neural pathways and bridge old learnings in associations to ignite unique creative expressions.
As far as music it is a holistic experience with benefits much beyond its entertainment factor. The right music can heal and regenerate cells in our body.
Music can be a healing medicine for the body, mind and spirit. Personally, like for many of you, I love many art forms, like music, dance and painting, writing and singing because they have an immensely positive effect on me. It makes me whole again, ready to face a new day… For instance, I am fond of different types of music at different times of the day…often I sense how refreshed I feel after listening or singing to them.
At home every once in a while my daughter and I find singing mashups of old and new songs together on the Karaoke very rejuvenating…One thing leads to another, humming or singing some melodies while going through the day, makes the moments feel light. I also find listening to gentle, soft instrumental music while painting very enjoyable.
What are your experiences with music?
When was the last time you heard your favorite songs?
When did you do something creative while listening to music?
© Savvy Raj
Sharing my verses that was inspired by vivid thoughts on Oneness.
Colours of the spirit
Pouring from the heart
Sensing the feelings
Evoking the emotions…
If every colour in the sky
Rained down on earth
If every colour of the rainbow
Poured itself out from the cup of life
Colouring the planet in vibrance
The world may see these very colours
In the deepest core of the earth.
For as is above so is below…
Nature is abundant in its flow
In the river of time
Trust nature to paint in vividity
Splashing on the canvas of the earth
Painting patterns in the fluidity…
The sky and land
The mind and body
The spirit and the soul
Aligning in the Oneness of the flow.
©Savvy Raj
Artwork prompted by me created by AI
#flow #savvyarts, #nature #confluence #awareness #Oneness
An experimental poem
Yesterday evening, I asked my mother sitting besides me and sipping her tea, to share a few random words that came to her mind.
These are what she shared in the same order as she shared.
Time, Eternal, Free, Freedom, Connection, Heart, Destiny, Love, Emerging, Twinkle, Abundance, Garnering, Gather, Depth, Stardust, Voyage Spirit
Here is what I imagined in the dance of these words…
When Love is Destiny
Emerging in eternal time
Destiny twinkles on stardust
Garnering connections of hearts
Voyaging free in the spirit of freedom.
Gathering abundance in the
depth of love.
©Savvy Raj
Where there are no rules that bound
Where the music leads and you follow
Where there is no end and no beginning
All is in the flow as you sense you are the flow.
Some pictures can speak a thousand words …
this one definitely fits that frame.
My friend Laura Bailey shared a very intriguing photo of trumpet player Joe and his wife May taken by Henri Cartier- Brenson
Henri Cartier-Bresson photographed throughout his life well-known personalities from the world of arts and science but, also many strangers.
I was captivated by it for a while as it arrested me in the moment. I went on to experience many fleeting thoughts most significant to that era of the Jazz and Blues music.
There were a number of comments below … One that got me interested immediately was
From Pam Diller ” What a picture! Pride, strength, defiance…this shows their souls, not just their faces. The way his hand rests so lightly on her shoulder–is it love or possession?”
Another was by, Shahrizan Amir Hamzah .
” With Bresson manning the lens and such gorgeous, confident subjects, you just can’t go wrong. This is a marvellous picture.”
Personally speaking …
I saw authenticity in that frame so well composed, the reality bites of the anguish of life lived in the throes of a certain creative fervour. I do not know much about Joe and his wife …other than what is perhaps evident in here to me. A photo that captures the spirit & soul of the subject.
In the face of May …
Her eyes..distant and dreamy
It speaks of pain and anguish
Of hard-hitting times
Her demeanour projects pride
Of a spirit braving against all odds.
Of inner demons as well as the outer.
Yet her face is a picture of composure in the chaos.
Of pride amidst the prejudice.
Joe speaks a different truth
There is focus and there is dare
There is a surging stillness.
That comes when rivers are a flow within
moving in the turbulence of a vortex called life.
Captured in all is the essence of brilliance
of a keen eye for that perfect moment
Stilled and canned for posterity
that speaks poignantly in the silence.
Portraying duels raging in the hearts.
Of trials and tribulations
Of hopes and aspirations
Of desires through unspoken dialogues.
No touch ups no tricks
Just a decisive moment captured with uncanny precision.
©Savvy Raj
PS: I created the Black & White artwork’ Speaking Pictures’for this posts featured image ‘Speaking Pictures’ back in 2017 without any AI help. I simply wanted an older movies screen effect reflecting the era of the photo.
Looking at it now, I am still happy with the results. What do you think?
Picasso
Watch this video of modern art as it happens!
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Pablo Picasso was born in Spain. And lived in France for most of his adult life. He is a prolific artist with varied interests, his early naturalistic painting gave way to his famous modern art in his adult years. He is known for his ‘Artistic Versatility’ and also for painting from imagination. He is renowned for his unconventional & radical life & art and is influential for his development of Cubist style.
A few musings…
On Art & Acceptance
If Picasso was born in the east
Perhaps he would have had it tougher to touch the height of success.
For he was best born in the west
And live in the heart of liberalism
Where his technique was acknowledged and given wings.
He passionately painted his spirits strokes in freedom.
The eastern world has always been more traditional
Conservative & restrained
in art and life
Somewhere it took a long time
Catching up with the possibilities of creativity
Where chaos becomes art.
In chaos there is disorder
But in disorder is the arising of new creative possibilities
Envisioning in the unconventional a restructuring in the flow
Every stroke of the brush or ink on paper
Is indicative of thoughts and emotions in the brain behind the brush.
Of the development of hand eye brain integration
That creates art out of simply anything and everything.
And then, there is the viewer critic and the art dealer who see hope & possibilities in both the artist & his art.
Art is born in the mind of the artist
Art channels itself in the flow
Art is honed in the perspectives of critique
But art is realised and enjoyed in the acceptance of a patron
For then the art finds itself.
And the artist evolves.
©Savvy Raj
In the bowing is a prayer answered
In the kneeling to the cosmic connects
Acknowledge the grace that’s revered
And the blessings that protects
Sense the touch of the angels around
Feel the flow of divinity in the haloed healing light abound…
Embrace the moments in silence and serenity.
Savvy
Artwork Titled- ‘Blessings’ Painting by Savvy Raj
My painting ‘Blessings’, came to me almost as a flow… It spoke much to me as I brushed in serenity-of-silence with the colours it was as if it was meant to manifest itself and all along I sensed I was simply a channel.
Savvy Raj
Creating anything
Requires trustfulness
Needs effort and focus
And ability to adapt
A willingness to attempt
Acceptance of errors
And perseverance to go on
To the shifting perspectives
In creative associations
Adding curiousity of a child
Of awe, wonder & joy.
©Savvy Raj
Moving beyond….bloom again
Did something happen?
Did you get hurt?
Are you in pain?
Do you keep hurting
Time and time again
Still thinking of it
Is it the circumstances
That repeat itself?
Or is it you who has to change?
Are you ready?
To work on your own self?
Cultivate your inner strength
Release let go pain
Let go slights & insults
Step by step
Bit by bit
Acknowledge the hurt
But overcome it
In practice learn to flow over it
And once you do
You move over it
Care to ask yourself
What is the hurt all about?
Where is it hurting the most?
Whatever your answer
Release it consciously
Let it go…
For the now is meant to change
Such is the truth of nature.
Its your life
You are responsible
To create a garden of your life
Make sure you strengthen
The walls with gratitude for life
Value the life in every now
Bloom some more
Be the best you can be!
©Savvy Raj
There is a dance of divinity in every cell of life.
There is the interconnectedness of life in every being.
Be conscious of the universe in you.
As well as in others
Be empathic be humane
Sense answers within
Find the light within
Feel the abundance of Love
Sense the divinity in you
Sense Peace
Work inwards
Evolve from within.
Savvy
I am truly fond of trees & of nature in every form. This is the result from the first time I used AI to create an image. And I was truly happy. For it generated from my few prompts, a very powerful & poignant picture, suiting my sensibilities.
Aesthetically & artistically it speaks much, especially liked how the red blooms emerge from the sides of the trunk interestingly juxtaposed & rightly so to colour balance the whole rendition well.
I love the light in the background especially behind the trunk of the tree. Of light that is gentle like dawn. As if to say I am there arising, just around to dispel darkness.
This above artwork I had posted yesterday on my blog post Light, it is a result of my imagination brought to reality by AI, the creator from my thoughts and words & it’s unparalleled knowledge and inputs. Perhaps I got lucky or perhaps my words hit home… I landed with a complete artwork.And suffice to say, I am truly happy with the results. I decided to add it to my profile pic.
What do you think of this artwork ?
What about you? Have you started trying AI images? What were your first experiences like? Did it meet your expectations?
Did you have to tweak your words & prompts? What was the feeling like? Were you able to relate with your output ?
Endless are the possibilities
In the collaborative effort
Of art & the science of it all
In expansivity and inclusion
There is artistry in the congruence
All it needs is to take a step
In self belief, trust & faith!
Savvy
You Can
If you only see
the myrind patterns
And colors of life,
You will live to create
If you could only believe
In the vividity of the moment…
If you could only sense the magic
that life is meant to be
You will…
Paint your Life with Joy in the Flow
Unwrap this Gift of Life Lovingly!
Just Believe You Can…
And You Can.
Savvy
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