Bottled up!

This is done in acrylics on paper with a palette knife, for the June challenge by James at http://windowstothewordsart.blogspot.com/
His beautiful poem conveyed the thoughts about reflections in our life and I tried to do it with the reference photo he has provided. But my perception of what finally turned out is some what tangential. My "Bottled up" is reflecting emotions both positive and negative inside ourselves that have not been let out. Bottling up positive emotions is good for us and others around us.. where as by not letting go of negative emotions like anger, hatred, jealousy, fear that undermine our energy and our physical and emotional health,we are damaging ourselves and also others. Anyway, emotions.. either way keeps us alive :-)

Mumbai Dreams

A different cup of tea for me.. an abstract in acrylics done with a palette knife. I have been living in Mumbai for some time now. Mumbai's spirit is amazing! It is the city of dreams where thousands come in a day from different cities and villages to achieve something in life, aspire to be successful. Irrespective of caste or class, people have their own tall dreams in this city. The most innovative person I have even seen on a Mumbai street is the road side barber who sets up his shop right on the road side path, with just a chair, and a mirror! Talk about optimism!