• I’ll write when I do. I’ll sketch when I do. I’ll work only, when I get my due. Until then, I’ll do As other trees do. I’ll lean to the Sun. Dance to the Moon. I shall seek that part Of me, that is still Hallowed ground. The part of me that’s you. Until then, I’ll just Keep holding on. My grip is iron, My heart is true. • • 📸 @a_kritter #sufiSoulPoetry #NaturalHabitat #LookMommyMankey
As I see it, the path to success is paved with all the things one focuses on along the way. With the Gentlemen’s Edit by @johnjacobseyewear, I am reframing my perspective, on both dapper eye-fashion, and the achiever’s mindset. Here’s to new horizons 🍻 🔎Search & Shop: Lancaster … #GentlemensEdit #ReframingSuccess #JohnJacobs #JohnJacobsEyewear #SuccessStories #Acheivers #Success #Inspiration #NewLaunch
Take a closer look at success with me, and the Gentlemen’s Edit by @johnjacobseyewear 👓 Success may look different through each of our lenses, but it takes the same level of drive and curiosity to succeed! Join the conversation – what image does ‘Success’ invoke for you? … #OutNow #GentlemensEdit #ReframingSuccess #JohnJacobs #JohnJacobsEyewear #EyeFashion #SuccessStories #Success #Acheivers #Inspirational
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Rummaging through the achiever’s toolkit has been enormous fun! In conversation with @johnjacobseyewear for the Gentlemen’s Edit. … #GentlemensEdit #ReframingSuccess #JohnJacobs #JohnJacobsEyewear #SuccessStories #Achievers #Success #Inspiration #NewLaunch
TARA💫 (Charcoal 3ft x 4ft) On a whim, after coming across this photograph of the extraordinary @tarasutaria by the extraordinary @sashajairam , i decided to take a crack at it, with both their blessings. I did neither of them justice, but the piece has something i really like… Again not for commercial purposes. Just practice practice practice. #sufisoulartistry #charcoaldrawingstarr
• • You, Are the Shore, I surge To_ • • #sufiSoulPoetry
• I am made, Of horizons. • • 📸 @_singhambikaphoto_
Let yourself be simply here, in this splendid moment. This moment of utter peace. Breathe this moment into your spirit. Let it merge with the bonfire of your dreams. In a world in torment and heartbreak. Amongst people growing hateful and unkind. This moment is a reminder of all the love possible, between everything and you and I. This moment is a gift from the divine. Let it make you humble. Let it make you glad. This moment is a gift from getting older. Let it give you the softness to place gentle hands on shaking shoulders. This moment without demons. This moment without despair. In a world choking to death, this moment of deep blue skies, and clean ocean air. This moment without ambition. This moment without fear. You don’t need a doctor. You don’t need a seer. I thank the Divine, for this moment. For the Light to rush in, I tear my heart bare. That gratitude, for this moment, was what I wanted to share. • • #sufisoulpoetry #SufiSoulDiaryEntry #autowriting
• Just because you robbed me of my wings, doesn’t mean I stopped dreaming of flight. Doesn’t mean I will ever forget, how it felt to roar through the air, on feathers of fire. Even if the feeling has faded, like the memory of a perfume, still clinging to the corner of the room, where I pray. Particles of yesterday’s light, still dancing midst the motes of today. I still remember. And I learned there are wings that can’t be taken away. • • #sufisoulpoetry
• I saw an eagle, Being bothered, By a murderous Choir. The eagle said Nothing at all. Simply grinned, And flew Higher. • • #sufisoulpoetry
SOUND ON • A little candle like you, was never meant to shine so bright. Never meant to need to. The darkness is so vast, and so heavy the gloom. It wasn’t fair, to a little candle like you. So when you’re feeling meagre, and alone, I want you to know, your little light, is guiding someone home. Just, a little candle, is all you were made to be. But i swear, you shine like a Sun to me. You light my way. • • #sufiSoulPoetry #BeenAWhile #BeenBusyFeeling #BeenBusyGettingSweptAway
Finally got back into the charcoal groove. Been busy and distracted and took longer than i expected to finish the third and final @jessicachastain portrait (although I’m pretty sure I will sneak in a few more. She’s just so much fun to draw and is so specifically and uniquely expressive. It’s quite a challenge to capture just right. Hence, good for practice) Don’t know original photographer. Pinterest isn’t always that helpful. But Again really happy with how it turned out. Lots of room for improvement but still feels like a magic trick done right. #sufisoulartistry #charcoalPortrait #charcoalArt #charcoal #jessicachastain
Finally got back into the charcoal groove. Been busy and distracted and took longer than i expected to finish the third and final @jessicachastain portrait (although I’m pretty sure I will sneak in a few more. She’s just so much fun to draw and is so specifically and uniquely expressive. It’s quite a challenge to capture just right. Hence, good for practice) Don’t know original photographer. Pinterest isn’t always that helpful. But Again really happy with how it turned out. Lots of room for improvement but still feels like a magic trick done right. #sufisoulartistry #charcoalPortrait #charcoalArt #charcoal #jessicachastain
• It’s a wet And windy day. There’s so many Words to find. So many fears To walk away from. So many doubts To leave behind. But I got a Heart like a stone. When he gets to Rolling down I’m a miner For the magic, In the caverns Of this town. It’s a wet And windy day. There’s so many Words to find. I’ll write for Some of it. The rest I’ll trace In charcoal lines. I’ll listen To the birds All that life Raining down. There’s no feeling To match it. My heart’s a breeze, Upward Bound. • • #sufiSoulPoetry #WritersBlockComesCrashingDown
• I had to stop. To bear witness, To the heroic Sun. Fighting through The dust and smoke, Blazing defiantly In the face of our Fatal indifference Incandescent, As only it can be. I had to stop. I couldn’t carry on Any more Leached of life And color like this. I had to stop. For the Sun died A death worthy Of a poem, To remind me Of Majesty. • • #sufisoulpoetry #autowritingpoetry
• • I’ve got an Untouched bed, Because I never Got to sleep. All my dreams Keep me awake, All the words I never speak. Got a perfect Cup of coffee. My sweet dogs, Look happy, too. Got a great Rainy day playlist. And I’m not Thinking of you. Got a wild Fool of a heart I’ve got space For a Muse. I bought a brand New notebook. For these old Rainy day blues. • • #sufiSoulPoetry #RainyDayBlues
* Let me Tell you A secret . You don’t Find it When you Yearn for it. You find it When the Yearning, Goes away. And only The Working Remains. • • #sufisoulpoetry
• Let’s throw The masks Away. They’ve only Ever failed. They’ll only Fail again. I’ll only ever Be me, now. Just come, As whoever You’re afraid, You’ll always Remain. • • #sufiSoulPoetry #comeasyouare
INUKSUK (Charcoal 3ft x 2ft approx) Wanted to do something to break the monotony of portraits for a bit and try something simpler and yet, more complex. Never done water and reflections before and decided a challenge was needed. Can stare at this for hours. Have stared at it for hours. And it always makes me calmer and happier. #sufisoulartistry #charcoaldrawing
A PORTRAIT OF SNOH @snohaalegra 3ft x 5ft Charcoal It’s been a while since I’ve been consistent with the art and the writing. Too listless and too uninspired. Too much life and work getting in the way of solid focus. Just too many doldrums. I haven’t been posting because there’s not been much work done, worth the posting. I’m not much of a general lifestyle blogger. But finishing this massive portrait of Snoh Aalegra, one of my favorite voices/artists, has done a lot to lift the spirits and the energy. Although looking at the photograph of the sketch now while posting, I see a bunch of things that need fixing. And though it doesn’t really do justice to the subject, nor the original photograph (whose taker I could not find), it still feels like magic. I’m very proud of this one. • • #sufisoulartistry #charcoalArt
DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR I awaken today to a vibrant and rejuvenated spirit. I awaken to the morning after one of the most challenging and rewarding projects of recent days comes to an end. So profoundly grateful to have been allowed to be a part of such a special production with such a wonderful collection of humans. It’s only when I return to the theatre that I remember there are so many people “just like me”. It’s my favorite part of the experience. We are most certainly a tribe. Thank you to everyone that came and watched our labor of love and was kind enough to communicate their appreciation. Your joy is the very bread our souls thrive on. Happy Theatre Day (apologies for not tagging everyone, I am incapable of such a feat of technical drudgery)
At Easel
ATTENCION! DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR a play by Ödön Von Horvath Too many people to tag. Glorious beings all. Damn proud to be a part of it. Come. Bring friends. Purchase link in stories
