FADED LOVE

THE HEART, ONCE STRONG AND HEALTHY, NOW TORN FROM THE OUTSIDE. RIPPED TO PIECES ONE BY ONE, STEP BY STEP. THE RUST CALLED "DESPAIR" SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE ON THE WOUNDS OF THE HEART, LOOKING LIKE AN OLD RUINED METAL WAITING TO BE REUSED. THE SHAPE OF THE HEART, ONCE BOLD AND NEAT, NOW CRUSHED LIKE MULCH, READY TO BE THROWN. INSIDE THE HEART, DWELLS A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER, THE FLOWER OF LOVE, I RECKON. IT ONCE WAS WONDERFUL, ATTRACTIVE, VIBRANT AND FRAGRANT. BUT NOW, FRAGRANCE IS NO MORE, COLORS ARE FADED, PETALS TORN AND LEAVES DRIED. THE WALLS OF THE HEART COVERED WITH SPIDER WEBS. THE HEART IS NOW A PLACE WITH NOTHING BUT DEATH LIKE SILENCE INSIDE IT. AND THAT IS WHY SPIDERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR DWELLINGS INSIDE, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SURVIVAL WITHOUT THEIR HOMES BEING DESTROYED TIME AND AGAIN. THESE LITTLE CREATURES KNOW THAT THEY WILL SURVIVE BEST IN RUN- DOWN AND DAMP PLACES WHERE THEY WILL CREATE THEIR OWN SMALL WORLD WITH NO ONE TO DISTURB THEM. THEY WILL LIVE AND DIE ALL ALONE, ALONG WITH THE FLOWER OF LOVE WHICH IS ALREADY RUINED. THE BUTTERFLIES MAKE THE HEART LOOK BETTER BY COVERING THE WOUNDS WITH THEIR WINGS. BUT TO NO AVAIL. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS ENTIRE PICTURE IS AN EXPRESSION OF LONG LOST EMOTIONS AND PESSIMISM, WHICH HAVE PERMANENTLY DISAPPEARED INTO THE UNIVERSE. IN SHORT, IT IS A SYMBOL OF "FADED LOVE"...

MY FIRST EVER ZENTANGLE

GREETINGS, MY FELLOW BLOGGERS! YOU MUST BE WONDERING WHAT THIS PIECE OF ARTWORK IS. WELL, THIS IS A ZENTANGLE WHICH I HAVE DRAWN WITH MY OWN HANDS. NOW YOU MAY ASK WHAT A ZENTANGLE IS. IT IS AN INTRICATE FORM OF ARTWORK WHICH COMPRISES OF STRUCTURED PATTERNS PUT TOGETHER TO FORM A PICTURE. IN SIMPLE WORDS, IT IS A PATTERNED DOODLE. WE OFTEN EXPERIENCE BOREDOM IN OUR SPARE TIME AND THUS, WE TEND TO PROCRASTINATE. INSTEAD OF UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR ANTI-PROCRASTINATION, JUST TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER AND ANY WRITING MATERIAL THAT YOU FIND CONVENIENT, AND START SCRIBBLING. LITERALLY. IF YOU REALLY PUT YOUR MIND TO IT, YOU WILL START SEEING PATTERNS IN YOUR SCRIBBLED WORK. THAT WILL GIVE YOU IDEAS ABOUT VARIOUS OTHER PATTERN COMBINATIONS AND WILL DEFINITELY MAKE YOU EXPERIMENT WITH THE SAME. THAT IS HOW I DEVELOPED A PASSION FOR ART, WHICH MADE ME BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE ZENTANGLE: IT BRINGS OUT THE ARTIST INSIDE US NO MATTER HOW GOOD WE ARE AT IT. AND FRANKLY SPEAKING, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE INTO ART OR NOT. IT ACTS AS A RELAXING, JOYOUS THERAPY WHICH IS FREE OF COST. SO, ENJOY IT THOROUGHLY!!!