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Manoj


The Design in the Book
While designing this book, my primary goal was to ensure the design complemented the content rather than overshadowing it. It was...
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No one can make you feel small, except yourself
Inspired by the art style of Joan Miro (one of my favourites), I was hesitant to add this painting to the collection due to the...
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Beyond Ego
I attended a Kriya meditation camp at the home of Lahiri Mahashay in Kashi... and understood the concept, over 5 days, of going beyond...
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Partial Control
It was truly therapeutic doing the scribbles of chaos in the background using a charcoal pencil without lifting the pencil and swirling...
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Shunya
I was going to use the lines from this work as the title of the book ..."Infinity is Zero" but decided on the Book of Now instead. I...
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Solo
This artwork was more painstaking than I assumed it would be. I enjoyed making this work. Do the words resonate with you? Does the...
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Stronger
At first, I was disappointed with the artwork... but as I saw it more and more, I felt it did justice to the words and depicted my...
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Trust the Universe
For this artwork, I was influenced by the Australian aboriginal style of art. Although my color palette was radically different from...
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Splinter
In my early 20s, I had done this painting (and I was reproducing the painting 35 years later). I do think my earlier work was superior to...
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Meeting on the Tangent
Replicating a painting done in my 20's, i think this artwork is true to my thoughts and style of art even today
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There are no coincidences
This is really a matter of faith...do you think things happen in synchronicity or is it all random?
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There Is No Always
I had done this painting in my earlier 20s and was reproducing the style (not the thought) 35 years later. I do think my earlier work was...
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The Wave
Do notice the little black dot at the bottom and the larger one above- they are to symbolize change over the waves of time....it happens...
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Adapting 1
I tried my hand at a different self-created form of pointillism. A lot of concentration was required for it. Do you adapt easily to...
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Adapting 2
I realized that the earlier adapting did not emphasize on the concept of positivity, so I made the same work using the same colors in a...
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The Boat of the Mind
I like this work for a very strange reason. My daughter, who is my best critique, does not like the fact that my works are unrefined....
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Acceptance
The shading from darkness to light was to be more pronounced in my head but my limited art skills and impatience made the shading less...
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The River Flows
I did the work exactly as I imagined but felt bad that it was so literally shown and looked like one of the wood plaques you get on the...
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Protection
This artwork was done in layers to get the shaded charcoal feel. Do you like the feeling when you love someone dearly...and do you...
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Be Careful Don't Pull Too Hard- It Will Snap
In our lectures at IIM, one of the professors said that he gives the student enough rope in a discussion that he hangs himself, entangled...
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