Iss se agay kahani kon likhay ga..?

Some thoughts have been pondering in my head from Sunday and I am not getting enough time to drop a post. Most of the readers on my blog are through half of their life and yet we are just living..

It struck me on Saturday during our “event management” class when a class-fellow suggested an event Celebrate Urdu as the semester project. It sounds interesting but then we had to go against it since the target audience of our college is not that type. We even got comments like “only old folks would be interested in attending the event” etc. But then we have forgotten our core values and we are living a life being someone else!

I know number of people, who are really ‘schweet’ (as the world comments on Facebook today) but when they talk to their parents, they are hell rude. Even in front of their friends, they would insult their parents. Even if our parents are wrong, we aren’t supposed to say “uff” to them and that’s what Islam teaches us. Today, most of us spend lives in the flow of society. Few would actually bother where their life is heading, what they want to achieve and what is the real purpose of our existence. We keep short-term goals in front of us and would strive our level best to gain them no matter even if we end up messing with our parents or Rabb. But then again, can you really succeed without the blessings of your parents and God? You may temporarily feel so but after few months, you’ll realize things have lost their charm – give it a try! It’s the era where we have forgotten what we should value, whom we should respect and how we should live.

Most of us are inclined towards materialist approach to life. We are only living in a flow, not sure about what’s happening around. You’ll always find some lot that will not be happy with what is happening in the land of pure people. Yes, much of it is not fair but together we can make a difference. People who have flown to West, Europe or even Middle East consider Pakistan as land of all mess-ups! Talk to them and they would just try their best to run away from this country as soon as possible. But aren’t all countries part of this earth? They are nothing more than manmade boundaries! People vary because of their deeds, based on what they value and respect in life. These values are inherited from the society we are living in making it a complete system. Some people might comment that every system has internal and external forces. But every external force is a result of internal force. All rules and norms that we follow in society due to external pressure is implicitly developed by internal force and that too humans! So if we correct ourselves deep down inside, we can change – we can make a difference..and we can change the place where we live in today, make it the land of pure people, kahani jiss ki abh hum khud likhein gae instead of being ruled out!

Living in the Afterglow..

So much on my head from last few months but not much has been executed as planned. Weeks have passed-by but end result doesn’t seem to improve for all that I have been dreaming about. Some dreams lead to hopes but then again, they all scatter down..

I so feel like going on top of a tall building at night, sit there for a while, watch the city and think about everything that has been happening around. Another moment that I love is attending the sun-set, somewhere near the sea and watch the sun go down.. [peaceful moments!]

We all tend to think and plan so much about our life but only few of us really succeed in doing most of what we really wish to do. When I look back at old Connect2Pk days, I love those moments and the other projects that I carried out early last year – that era was so productive! It feels good going through old blog posts as the memories of hard work come live and motivates to do even more in life. But during last 1 year or so, I haven’t been blogging actively. I dropped a blog post in February 2011 that ‘activeDimensions’ will stay active from now on but it never happened..

All that we strive for, the motivation that we gather, all of it leads to personal satisfaction – and we all have our ways of being satisfied in life. Not that I am being negative about my routine or work-life but I feel there can be more to it. I feel that I’m currently living in the afterglow of the good days that have passed-by. Even afterglow fades away when the sun goes down completely and it gets all dark. Do we all really bother about where the life is going until we feel disturbed? I believe most of us are living in the flow and so am I.

Great shots x2

I came across 2 great pics recently, thought I’d share it on my blog..

Source: 500px

Source: bing

How do you define creativity?

Sometimes I wonder, I keep thinking about different things, and there are so many things that still bother me because I find no proper reasoning for it. And one of them is: how do creative thoughts click your mind? What exactly is creativity? I believe it’s not about market research, experience and other geeky terms! But somehow some thoughts click your mind out of no where but out of YOU – really don’t know how :S

I sometimes get to hear negative comments from people around: silly, weird, sensitive and what not?! I don’t care about the comments but I think, a combination of this + freedom helps you to be yourself, to do whatever you want and that’s what it’s about. Not caring about what others might think, say or observe – but if you believe in something, work over it and bring it out, express yourself! And “kuch kuch na kuch naya hou jaya ga” :$

I know it might seem like an odd post but do share your opinion, how do you define it?

Beautiful mind, Amazing sketch!

Hmm, here is an old video that I came across last weekend. A guy just had a glance of the city from helicopter and then he draws it for 3 days, and you can see the result – simply amazing!

Memories from old school!

I just had an hour to enjoy my self on the tablet, and I tried some cutie old school stuff too. I know they look kiddish but I like my car

That’s all folks!

Happy sketching!

Oops! It was my first day, first hour using the tablet and I was really loving it I tried some more random sketches and came up with..

Err..I was kinda trying to make a pot in the last one but couldn’t shape it properly so converted the thought to an odd money bag :$ Hehe!

My first sketch

It was an ordinary morning, a little lazy one today. I was feeling a little numb or may be lost and was expecting a slow day ahead. Had lunch in just few minutes and when I was back, I saw my neighbours trying out sketches on Hina‘s tablet. It seemed fun and I couldn’t resist it either. From grade-6, I have always drawn a fishing boat using pencil as it is one of the best things I can draw around :$ I tested out the tablet by writing few stuff in Urdu, and then I finally did my first sketch

Special thanks to Rambler for pressing Ctrl-Z every now and then. And to AubyKhan for appreciation on every step Well, this is not it, I did some more sketches and will be sharing in upcoming posts!

Colors spread colors..

Hmm, here is something different that I tried this morning. It’s basically a proof-of-concept Few weeks back an idea clicked my mind but that could be only done through painting/sketching. I shared the idea with a little friend but it turned out to be weird :$ “A man standing by the canvas with black & white sketch on the paper and when he puts his hand over the sketch, the part gets colored!” .. quite a fantasy? Anyway, I tried to do the same with limited skills that I have (photo-edit using GIMP).

It’s all dull around but the colors are spreading colors!

A hopeful sunset

Every sunset leads to darkness, with no hope of light! We do feel sad about many sunset in our lives but there was one sunset yesterday which showed a ray of hope. PHET storm was about to hit Karachi and was only 70km away..strong winds could be felt and people feared heavy rains. Just when little light was seen at the back of the clouds..

And it stopped raining, the winds settled down and there were hopes for electricity, life & happiness! It was a lovely sunset and I could only snap a moment using my Nokia E-series.