Friday 1 February 2013

The Eternal Cycle: Birth, Life & Death

Was lost and out of track for such a long time & Yes! Breaks are neccessary. Sweets. They make you realize how much you miss things.

So here's after a very long time.

The last semester, towards the end I was frustated, lost, aimless and pissed at my inability towards thoughts. I was wandering through all sorts of lands and fairytales, love and hatred, Ice and fire..Ahh! ask me 'What NOT?'. We had all sorts of assignments in the last sem and I wanted to give a hundred percent to each one of them.

Well, quickly coming to the point there was this part of an assignment which included making three freestyle posters. The problem with me or anyone is, When we're given a topic we tend to keep thinking in one direction and we are ready with out shots but when its freestyle, Our mind runs wild. We have all sorts of ideas in all different direction and I was stuck up so much with the second problem. I keep thinking, thinking, thinking and thinking, but could never really come up with something that would satisfy me. The frustation period started here and I had to call up 'Maa' (My All-time Idea Advisor) and I did she was talking to me about all kinds of things.

Next day I wake up, meditate a little and I feel light ( as suggested by Maa). I go to college all fresh, fresh and suddenly I see a tree which usually is there all the time. I notice many birds live in there. Oh my god! Thats when I have my concept. A beautiful one. 


This is it.
This one.
So, Now I tell you this is basically a series of three posters depicting the BIRTH, LIFE and DEATH. 'We always end at the place where we start from'. I find this saying pretty true now.

I took the tree as my main element in all the posters.
In the first one we, the birds take birth on our tree, In our case, Our land. Birth in itself is nature's most beautiful phenomena. From the birth of a baby rat to baby human. Its a miracle and the colours in it give us a sense of liveliness, happiness and warmth.
In the second one, which is life. We fly high to achieve our goals high above our tree, our own land. This is a very important part of the cycle of life which has both happy and sad times, Warmth and cold, love and hatred. It is a mixture and forms up the true beauty of the series.
The third one is a depiction of Death. We at the end of our journey come back to our tree, the place where we are born and brought up. We want peace then and its our peace. Death is inevitable and a very important stage to complete the eternal life cycle. It is the darkest and saddest part of everyone's life.

Another important part.
These posters when joined together in a cycle make up 'THE ETERNAL LIFE CYCLE : Birth, life and Death'. and the tree too completes itself we when fold the three posters and then join them get a triangle which for me states that the eternal cycle is inside god as god is usually depicted by a triangle. This also makes up my triangle lamp. (Picture below)

This has been one of my most thought-overed projects, I hope you guys like it.