Frozen moments my star-filled sky

Underneath the moonlight we breathe in the cold night air, on a cloudless night where stars, like shamelessly flirts wink at us. A barn owl gives us a hoot and flies by, puzzled at the new night intruders sitting on top of the world, with the crisp sea breeze whispering secrets of sailors at sea.

Amidst the incessant chitter chatter of nocturnal birds and animals, we knew at this very moment in time we were making a beautiful memory- as we lay splayed out on a terrace top, making wishes on the deceptive twinkling lights of aeroplanes in the sky for the lack of shooting stars. In these delightfully refreshing moments it felt like the hands of time slowed down to standstill, moments frozen for eternity, for us to rummage through over the years.

Like the moonbeams bouncing of a shimmering, slaty sea our conversation bounced effortlessly from the utterly nonsensical to more heartfelt deeper sorts. Over the years I've realised how these moments come along less often than they used to and there's an urgency of sorts to create the space and time to allow for the unravelling of these moments in time that leave a lifetimes imprint.

Wild hearts and laugh lines

We'd like to bounce off moonbeams right now.

Transcend into ethereal worlds,
Throw caution to the wind and go with  natures flow,
Spinning tales of the wonderful adventures to come,
Dip our feet in the pool of wonder,
Sit on the steps of possibility,
Love, live and laugh till our stomachs hurt,
With a glint in our eyes, the world is our wonderland,
We are the dreamers and the doers,
Wild hearts and free spirits,
Treading lightly and living fully.

This one's dedicated to all my fellow creative souls, who add a beautiful dash of crazy to my life!!

Dancing in the rain!

" And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music"- Friedrich Nietzsche

One of my favorite quotes by Nietzche!
This hand-painted peacock is a birthday gift for one of the nicest people I know, a beautiful soul!! Here's to many a dance in the rain in the years to come! Was an absolute pleasure painting this for you!

Barbed wired fences

Like the tide sweeping to and fro on a sandy shore, there are lines that we draw and re-draw in all the relationships we have in our life, be it our family, friends, lovers, colleagues, acquaintances... Lines like barbed wire fences they dig into the flesh when crossed, leaving the sting of a salted wound, peppered with depletion and exhaustion.

 It feels like a weird concoction of amusing and confusing, how we let something go one day and will hold it against someone on another. I've caught myself doing that on more than one occasion and it continues to baffle me! 

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Stumbled across this today,so true!!

The bubble life

We create  little bubbles of sanity in this chaotic,insanely fast paced city, for me my bubbles comprise of family,close friends,moments spent alone listening to music or doing what i  love ,which is painting.Every once in a while there comes along a bubble burster, one of those people who love to create drama and disruption.Last weekended i happened to bump into an old friend who said something quite hurtful[I'm going to give him the  benefit of doubt and say unintentionally] but like any sensitive person it shook me up inside resulting a flurry of thoughts about whats become of humanity?can you really trust anyone anymore?why should i be nice to mean people?

I hate when i get into this zone,I'm normally quite an optimist,luckily over the past two days i've had the absolute honour to meet or talk to some amazing people old and new,who've gone out of their way to be nice!!Its so refreshing and so simple,i don't understand why we don't do it more often!!


I've decided i have to value myself and my time a little more, life's really too short to indulge or waste a moment of my time keeping the company of such people.

Here's to saying no and not giving two hoots!!And living a happily in my little bubbles of joy!!

Happy tired

It's been a heady crazy past couple of weeks,with bulk orders,customised orders and of course the very  very last minute orders.The project I've taken up isn't relenting either, with meetings,meetings and more meetings,launches and get togethers.On the social life front, things seem to be following toe with birthday celebrations,catching up with long lost friends who decided to show up in Mumbai after eons and other commitments I couldn't weasel my way out of!! It sits well though that all of this chaos and madness ended with a lovely road trip to Pune, one that I've been planning to do for a long long time to meet a very close friend of mine who just had a super adorable baby girl!!

I've love getting out of the city!I haven't landed up doing as much of it as I'd like, it makes so much a difference to just get out of this chaotic city, even if its just a short drive to Pune and back.Suddenly I feel all set to take on the blows and punches the next week might bring with it.

This trip had it fair share of drama,my friend who was supposed to drive us down drank too much the night before,[the mallu he is!!]other friends who were supposed to join us made some last minute change of plans.After  much banging on the door at 7:00am,huffing and puffing and spewing the most innovative of swear words, a sleep deprived person could come up with at that hour,we all made it to Pune in one piece,with loud music blasting in the car and everyone singing at the top of their lungs[pretty much making up the lyrics as we went along]After a lovely time spent playing with little Sia,it's the mid-night conversations I love the most.I'm not sure guys rock it as well as we girls do, but suddenly when the lights are turned off and everyone in their PJ's lounging around on the bed conversation invariably takes a turn for more heart-felt.It's these small moments in life I cherish the most and live for!!

What made the trip all the more magical was ,on the drive back we were greeted with a  delightful downpour.There's something about the rain that has this ethereal magical feeling of washing away all your worries.So with raindrops seeming to take on a life of their own on our windscreen and the music taking on a more contemplative and melancholic garb I returned to Mumbai a content happy trooper!!

Saturday nights never looked or felt better!!

This Saturday night is turning out to the best night ever!! For starters decided to stay in tonight,its not like me stay put on a Saturday night but after a super hectic week,better judgement finally kicked in and i decided to not step out.Pulled my sketch books and paints out and poured myself a ohhh so yummy glass of wine,only to hear that one one of closest friends in Pune just delivered a baby girl!Bring out the bubbly and lets celebrate!!!Much overdue Pune visit has to happen next weekend!!