Friday, September 28, 2007

Autumn in my soul


The moon is high and there's a stirring in my bones
I chose not to listen to the subliminal tones
That awaken the deep dark senses that often do prevail
In substantial notions of this autumnal tale.

My leaves are slowly falling, turning red and gold
My senses tend to delve, into my stories never told
I'm grasping to the colours that transcend time and space
My actions are my answers, it's another winter that I face.

The feeling is of excitement, a travelling that lasts
of moving on to present, beyond a sea of pasts
I'm sailing on an ocean, come rolling from a stream
My life to me has become a consequential dream.

Thank you for this magic, this ever present sound,
That skips across the the universe with peace and love abound.

My roots are growing deeper, my life is flying high,
I'm understandably soaring way beyond the sky
And into such proportions of peacefulness I seek,
of lessons that I gather, and experience that I speak.

Sunday, September 02, 2007

My India report




Hello hello,

So this epic journey around India begins. I'm travelling around the country for a month, picking the brains of young Indians, to find out what's going on in the minds of our current generation.

The show is called 'My India report', where 6 of us travel to 8 different cities all over India. You can follow our travels on our blog before the blogumentary comes out on Channel V.
So check out
www.myindiareport.in

And much love from Mumbai,
Prash
P.S. I'm off to Ahmedabad tomorrow.

Monday, August 06, 2007

My show in Toronto

I will be there from 4 to 6 pm.

Saturday, July 28, 2007

More work






A few more samples of my work, there's more and I'll keep you informed about the dates.

Samples from my show






Here are some of my paintings that are for sale.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Plenty to share






Here's to summer,

and little episodes in and outside the city.

Cheers,

Prash

....and plenty more





Here are my thoughts on going beyond....

Staying on track. Reminding myself every morning, between sleeping and waking, on moving beyond love, beyond faith, beyond fear, beyond life itself, beyond greed, beyond lust, beyond gay or straight, beyond evolution, beyond race, beyond creed, beyond caste, and beyond religion. Beyond vice, beyond happiness, beyond friendship, beyond gender, beyond equality, beyond peace, beyond despair, beyond pain, beyond belief, beyond expectation, beyond action, beyond thought, beyond truth, beyond the very realms of existence, beyond the vast scope of non entity.

Beyond your wildest imagination,

Prash

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Band of Gypsies revival




These wonderful photographs taken by Sarah Morden, of our gallery the"Band of Gypsies" was sent to me while I was in India, and I have to share them with you.

For those of you who've partaken of that cosmic space, and for those of you who have only heard of it, here are some fine memories of what transpired.

Parties, siesta's by the shop window, playing guitar by the doorstep, and hanging out with friends.

Love,

Prashant

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Maharaja of Elsewhere






This week's installment of nocturnal contemplations.

Friday, June 08, 2007

My life this week




A 31 year old lad, constantly seeking life's great mysteries, constantly walking to soothe his soul and constantly painting to release the outpourings of his heart. Is that me? Or is that the perception of all that I do. I have forgotten the great unfolding of enchanted tales, the quick unravelling of answered plots, I have forgotten the questions that seldom have answers and the preliminary deeds which soak momentarily the voice of reason before they burst forth into action. I have forgotten the anticipation of being in love, or the raw emancipation of unhindered spirits into the physical realm of passion and lust. I am now accustomed to a subtle peace, that clings ever so lightly to the fringes of my soul, and gently lays it's presence so softly that sometimes I tend to forget it being there. I am on a path unknown, seeking the friendship of solemn trees that stand strong and furtive as I glide along, notwithstanding the wisdom they possess to arouse within me to stay awhile and converse with them lest I forget the very roots from where I came from.


So long,

Prash

My friend Cory

And Ah yes, my sketchbooks are up at the Art window on Pages Bookstore at the corner of Queen St. and John in Toronto,

And at a Book Art exhibition in Abergavenny, Wales till 23rd June 2007.
www.artshopandgallery.co.uk

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Sketchbooks from my past












Since I have been chronicling my life through my sketchbooks for more than a decade, I thought that I would share a few pages from past visual journals.



These few pages are from my 1996 sketchbook called "HOME: Summer '96"which I kept during my summer back home in Bangalore, India.The sketches document the time I spent with my father while he underwent a bypass surgery, my high school.... a gorgeous structure founded in 1858 which was razed to the ground due to the rapid changes taking place in Bangalore (I'm glad I did that sketch before they tore the building down), our daschund Snoopy, when my cousin Bastian came home, and my problematic knees.



It is interesting for me to revisit these old sketchbooks of mine, and see recurring themes and the slow development over the years.






Enjoy,



Prash