My Art Gallery

Art works such as drawing and painting brings in a cherubic moment as there is nothing to target and all that is required is to bring one’s thoughts to draw a picture to paint. It does not imposes any limits but helps one to bring all kind of imaginations without rules.

I always had a bent towards drawing art works and painting right from my childhood. I still could remember my first drawing class in my upper kinder garden, the very first picture that I drew was the trace of my hand. The very first success in bringing out the plausible picture brought immense pleasure and joy. Though the picture was not so astounding to adore as a great achievement, It is heartening to recollect the first accomplishment which left me to heave a sign of completion with heavy breath. I think it is not only me, everyone gets such moments in life when they drop into the trip of unknown and turns it with conscious effort to a success. For me every picture I paint had brought such moment.

Here I am sharing some of my painting that I had paint and preserved.

Cartoons are something very easy to paint and here goes the first big picture that I painted on my 8^th grade. It is a full A2 size drawing made with colour pencil and a water colour touch been provided by smudging the pencil shades using water. The painting has been put up with utmost frivolity to rejoice all the cartoons that I enjoyed watching.                                                                                  

The Second painting is also a cartoon which was made on same grade, It is again a A2 sized painting. It was done with a posture colour. The victory in a social painting competition at poondi made me to come up with this painting. 

"Union of all religions" was the topic given to participants in the competition. I tried to depict conflagration of three religious worshipping places - temple, mosque and church and when some onlooker questioned the reason for my depiction, I replied "I find everyone has some inkling, unflagging religious belief, only such depiction would make them to realize that we are in requirement for a change to instigate peace." It won me a second prize when around  fifty to hundred participants also tried to compete by depicting their own perspectives.

In this cartoon, I tried to depict the importance to avail education. I titled it as "Education is the great treasure that a man should have" trying to make my fellow students to have a different look at the education they are availing. The theme and the cartoon has been taken from a chocolate cover (tiffin). A closer look would reveal that Mickey mouse and Donald duck are at awestruck to find their treasure of books and the books lying all around the treasure island. Thereby I try to state boundless and limitless knowledgeable things to be the found all around us and with a awe as we would have towards a treasure could bring in happiness and reverence in learning them.

Tagore's Wish

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

- Rabindranath Tagore.

Be an innovator.

Challenge the status quo:
Dissatisfy from current reality.
Question authority and routine.
Confront assumptions.

Be Curious: Actively explore the
environment. Investigate new
possibilities. Honor the sense of
awe and wonder.

Be Self-motivated: Responds to deep
inner needs. Proactively initiates
new projects. Intrinsically reward the efforts.

Be a Visionary: Be Highly imaginative.
Maintain a future orientation. Think
in mental pictures.

Entertain the fantastic: Conjure
outrageous scenarios. See
possibilities within the seemingly
impossible. Honor the dreams and
daydreams.

Take risks: Goes beyond their
comfort zone. Experimental and non-
conforming. Courageously willing to
"fail" (but learns from feedback).

Be Peripatetic: Change work
environments as needed. Wander,
walk or travel to inspire fresh
thinking. Take the movement and
interaction.

Be Playful & humorous: Appreciate
incongruities and surprise. Appear foolish
and child-like. Laugh easily and often.

Be Self-accepting: Withhold
compulsive criticism of own
ideas. Understand "perfection is the
enemy of the good." Un-attach to
look good in the eyes of others.

Make new connections: See
relationships between seemingly
disconnected elements. Synthesize
new combinations. Distil odd ideas
down to the underlying principles.

Be Reflective: Incubate on problems
and challenges. Seek out states of
immersion. Ponder, muse and
contemplate.

Recognize Patterns: Be Perceptive
and discriminating. Notice
organizing principles & trends. See
(and challenge) the Big Picture.

Tolerate ambiguity: Comfortable
with chaos. Entertain
paradox. Don't settle for the first
"right idea."

Commit to learning:
Continually seek knowledge.
Synthesize new input quickly.
Balance info gathering and action.

Balance intuition and analysis:
Alternate between divergent and
convergent thinking. Entertain
hunches before analyzing them.
Trust the gut, use the head.

Situationally collaborate:
Balance rugged individualism with
political savvy. Open to coaching and
input. Rally support as needed.

Formally articulate:
Communicate ideas effectively.
Translate abstract concepts into
meaningful language. Create
prototype with ease.

Be Resilient: Bounce back from
disappointment. Learn quickly from
feedback. Be Willing to "try, try again."

Be Persevering: Be Hard working and
persistent. Champion new ideas
with tenacity. Commit to follow-
through and bottom-line results.

Be Flexible/adaptive: Be Open to
serendipity and change. Adjust game
plan as needed. Entertain multiple
ideas & solutions.

source: http://ideachampions.com

A copy of Human Emotions

The human emotions can be classified as primary, secondary and tertiary emotions. The primary emotions are:

• fear (pessimistic)
• joy (optimistic)
• love (neutral)
• sadness (reality)
• surprise (irrational)
• anger (rational)

The secondary and tertiary emotions pertaining to these are mentioned below.

List of human emotions

1 : Fear
Fear is a response to some danger that is about to happen. It is a survival mechanism that is a reaction to some negative stimulus. It may be a mild caution or an extreme phobia. If the fear is trivial it is called "trifling fear" or if the danger seems formidable it is a "serious fear".

One secondary emotion in this category is "nervousness". The various tertiary emotions relating to this sub-category are:

• anxiety
• apprehension
• distress
• dread
• tenseness
• uneasiness
• worry

Another secondary emotion in this category is "horror". There are various tertiary emotions in this sub-category. The list of emotions is as follows:

• alarm
• fear
• fright
• horror
• hysteria
• mortification
• panic
• shock
• terror

2 : Joy
Joy or happiness has shades of enjoyment, satisfaction and pleasure. There is a sense of well-being, inner peace, love, safety and contentment. There is an existence of both, positive thinking and positive activities.

The first secondary emotion is "cheerfulness". This comprises of a myriad of tertiary emotions like:

• amusement
• ecstasy
• gaiety
• euphoria
• bliss
• elation
• delight
• happiness
• jubilation

Zest is another secondary emotion encompassing different tertiary emotions like:

• enthusiasm
• excitement
• exhilaration
• thrill

The other emotions included in this category are contentment, relief, optimism, pride and enthrallment.

3 : Love
Love arises from a feeling of profound oneness. Love can be platonic, romantic, religious or familial. There are certain nuances to love regarding bonding, friendship, altruism and philanthropy. As per psychology, love is to lend self-esteem to another.

There are three secondary emotions – affection, longing and lust.

Affection includes the following tertiary emotions:

• fondness
• attraction
• adoration
• sentimentality
• caring

Lust is related to different tertiary emotions like:

• arousal
• desire
• passion
• infatuation
• obsession

4 : Sadness
Sadness is necessarily related to a feeling of loss and disadvantage. If this feeling drowns the individual it may lead to a state of depression. When a person can be observed to be quiet, less energetic and withdrawn to himself it may be inferred that sadness exists. Such an individual usually has a sloping body, stuck out lips and a downcast appearance of the head.

Directly related to sadness, the following tertiary emotions can be displayed:

• depression
• unhappiness
• misery
• melancholy
• gloom
• despair

The secondary emotion "suffering" includes agony, hurt and anguish. Another secondary emotion"disappointment" comprises of tertiary emotions like dismay and displeasure. "Shame" is a secondary emotion that can be linked to tertiary emotions like guilt, remorse and regret.

The secondary emotion "neglect" can be understood by the following tertiary emotions list.

• insecurity
• alienation
• homesickness
• embarrassment
• humiliation

Feelings of sympathy and pity are also included in this category.

5 : Surprise
Surprise means the showing up of an unexpected result. When one experiences surprise, it is accompanied by raising of the eyebrows, horizontal lines on the forehead, open mouth, stretched skin below the eyebrows and wide open eyelids. Depending on the intensity, the mouth may not open, but only the jaw may drop. A momentary raise in the eyebrows is the most common evidence of surprise.

There are related tertiary emotions like:

• astonishment
• amazement

6 : Anger
Anger is evoked due to injustice, conflict, humiliation, negligence or betrayal. If the anger is active, the individual attacks the target, verbally or physically. If the anger is passive, the person silently sulks and feels tension and hostility. Often, when one empathizes with another, anger may be displayed. If the purpose of the source of pain is known, the magnitude of anger is altered.

One secondary emotion "rage" is further differentiated into tertiary emotions like:

• fury
• wrath
• bitterness
• loathing
• resentment
• hate
• loathing

Frustration and exasperation are a similar type of tertiary emotions.

The secondary emotion "irritation" involves the tertiary emotions like:

• agitation
• aggravation
• grouchiness

Another secondary emotion "disgust" comprises of tertiary emotions like:

• revulsion
• contempt

Some other tertiary emotions include jealousy and torment.

source:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/list-of-human-emotions.html
https://psychologenie.com/list-of-human-emotions

Changing culture

The Topic "Online Culture" inspired me because today not just the tech savvy, even the plebeians have become so comfortable with the Internet. I could find that it does not just remains as a technology but it has also become one of the commonly used technology for all purpose in our quotidian activities.

When I see a person walking down the road speak to himself, I need to search for any wires or Bluetooth device attached to his ears in order to confirm that one is not ludicrous. And carrying mobile phone every where one roam is something has become inevitable. Staying without one to one contact is like being in a alien world and one cannot remain reclusive even for a day or two without contact. It is the temporary impairment of today's people like the temporary hearing impairment, the hauling machines in industries would offer the permanent work labor who would take care of those leviathans. The change in behavior what we see today does not seems to cease with people who are in very need to make efficient use of technology to contact others, in order to communicate purposefully

Irrespective of age, gender, race it spread down pathologically. Children are voluntarily involved to get in touch with their parents, teachers or schools. They are becoming more exposed to the external world without good knowledge about how to make decisions at various situations which falls beyond their ken. They are found to become short tempered in many situation where they should take decisions very patiently. The fledgling children or students are made to contact and communicate through the mobile phones or internet for any decisions. Even the parents are making hasty decisions in most of the situations as the situations has been made emergency because of competent society. Some children who are too exposed to today online culture take their own decisions and making their debut entree to some job or start investing into shares and even sometimes they seems to make insurmountable amount compared to their age. When one could see around a five thousand friends in a social network for a young inchoate where he or she makes huge lot of decisions consulting with the personally unknown friends exposing all the personal things he or she has, it seems to look like we are in a entirely different world which we have not dreamt yesterday.

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