Ladder

Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot more don't even know there is a ladder. - Robert H. Schuller

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.- Stephen Covey

Fear of Heights

Fear of falling or Fear of Heights ?

Levitation

3D Sketch

Another attempt of 3D sketch....

If I can do ....

My first 3D sketch attempt

Kisi shayar ki gazal

A snowy winter morning

Golden Sunset

My canvas painting -2

Pleasant

My first canvas painting...

Freedom

Why is that I still not experienced the freedom I deserve ? 

Priceless

Few more pencil sketches... 

Priceless :-)

My pencil sketches...

Favicon

Do you see a different icon (favicon) in the address bar of your browser ? :-)

Blog design template gives an option of changing the favicon from the default blogger icon. Seeing this option, I thought let me design one for my blog. Immediately three things came to my mind, should I use first letter of my name or should I create a symbol similar to my signature that I use in all by drawings or should I create a complete new symbol. Given the size of the icon (16*16 pixels) to be created, first choice would be much easier. So, I zeroed on the first choice and created a simple icon with letter ‘K’.

It seems, letter ‘K’ is silent in around 43 English words. Letter ‘K’ occurs as the first letter in the word but not actually pronounced.  Just to say, this letter ‘K’ is not silent and to add little bit toppings to the simple icon, I created another icon ‘!K’ (exclamation mark followed by letter K).

I was not able to make a final choice on which one should I go with. So, I mailed these two icons to my friend and asked him “Which one of the two looks better”. He replied back saying “(!K) looks similar to yahoo icon (Y!)”. Even though he did not answer my question, his comment made my choice easier and faster.

There is a hell lot of difference in the two statements, “You sing like S. P. Balasubrahmanyam” and “S. P. Balasubrahmanyam sings like you" :-)

Humble Pencil

A few years back, I received a forwarded mail with subject as “Awesome”. It appeared like the mail has gone all around the world with lots of forwards before it has reached my mailbox. I had to scroll down the mail quite a bit before I actually see the content of the mail. As the subject of the mail says, it was truly “awesome” and an amazing piece of pencil shading art.

There were several occasions earlier, after seeing any nice drawing I felt, ‘May be I should make an attempt to draw something’, but never made an attempt. This content of the mail made me to pick up the pencil and start learning how to draw. After drawing couple of things, I thought let me try drawing this “awesome” piece of art.

Made an attempt and the result is ...

This framed pencil art is no longer with me , it was given as a return gift to one of my friend who has given me pencil sketching box containing pencils grade ranging from F to 9B.

At the end of the mail it says, “Five important lessons you learn from pencil”

1. It tells you that everything you do will always leave a Mark.
2. You can always correct the mistake you make.
3. The important thing in life is what you are from inside and not from out side.
4. In life you will undergo painful sharpenings which will make you better in whatever you do.
5. Finally, to be the best you can be, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the hand that holds you.