an art of RANGOLI!!!!!!!!!!

Rangoli is the dry color art/ paintings that inadian people do in front of their houses every new year, which represent beilef to let the color of joy and happiness come in to life forever.

Graffiti Art on Private Property......... BIG SHAME!!!!

Art made by cancer kids...........

Little gifts of memories they leave for us..........

My family.........

When I say my Family, its not just my parents and my brother. In our culture we live in a huge family with atleast 16-20 people. My couzins live with us, our workers live in a same house, there is always guest coming over and staying. But those were the days, no worries and just fun. Life was amazing. Family seems more imp when you it is not around. You feel lost, alone, sacred in the new world with starnge people. Family is imp.

My experience in different world

I am a small town girl....... i bet that you heard that a lot, but this is different. I am girl from small village in india. My first day in U.S.: wonders, mysteries, life, freedom, fear........ and many more things that i was feeling. I got goose bumps when our plane first landed in NY. When I came here i had an indian accent, so i was scared to talk to people, but then the most amazing thing i nocied is that nobody here makes fun of you like India. I was so welcomed by everybody, everywhere. This leaves me a question: What is mine and whats not? Is that these people who are complete strangerand stilll helps me at every point, or those people who were my own and still unknown. I was alive in India, but I am living here.

Interview with a curator

I interviewed Nihal kaur, one of my dad's friend who is a curator at Mythological museum in India. He spend 25 years working there. He was an art major when he started working in the museum. He knows lots of stories related to the sculptures in museum. He was personally interested in it beacuse when he was in art school he visited there in field trip. The best part of his job is that he loves telling people all that stories related to those paintings and sculptures. He always use to tell me the story about "The Rath" which means a cart tied to flying swan. Our god use to travel on that Rath when goes comes from heaven to earth. He loves to tell all that mythological stories to children visiting there. According to him, its the smile and wonder on the childrens faces that makes him love his job.

Artist in society

Many of Artists are out on the street in these hard economic times and I am curious if you think the Arts are even necessary today. Are our times too dire for the Artist mentality and only hard work and labor matters? We should ask to try to help these artists position their Arts background against what can be an unforgiving "business first" mentality on the street. Few people realize the life of the Artist is unforgiving and hard: Most work 18 hours a day 7 days a week with zero vacations and no days off.
Many are hooked into their destiny of trying to bring context to the world -- and so they earn the endless days and barter the early graves. Art creates the standards for perception and cognition for a society. Without great Art, there are no great ideas and a lesser community. The entertainment business usually does well in times of economic crises as people flee their everyday covenants in search of release and fantasy. I wish there were more inherent value placed on the non-commodity Artist by the business community. If you don't have immediate perceived value -- you are not considered, or accepted -- as a necessary part of the economic sanctity of the populace.

Art and Film

“All film is art,and art is relative, so is entertainment.” I agree, to say that a great film is art but a bad film is not is illogical. Its still a piece of art, its just a poor one. For example, if I painted a picture it would be a piece of art, just a crappy piece; its still art. The same can and should be said of film. A bad film is still art, its just a bad piece of art. Generally, A film require all those skills that is necessary in creating a simple work of art. Making a film is also called creativity and art is creative too.

I know what art is

If somebody ask me what art is, i would say I know it. For me, art a way to free oneself from the boundings of the world. Art is the way you express yourself without anywords. You use art to make yourself look different than other people, you can creat your own personality. Art has color that makes your life fresh, beautiful, and joyous. Art can also help someone to show their pain. Even famous and great artist do the same thing, they show their feeling and others feelings in their art work.

Art education in school

Art is essential to learning-not just an educational frill. Learning about the visual arts gives students a window onto the rich and interesting world around them, teaching them about their own history and culture, as well as those of other people. It cultivates self-expression, imagination and creativity as well as critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Students who learn about art develop their capacities to weigh meanings and make evaluations and judgments. Understanding and making art can teach students how to work cooperatively in groups and how to work hard to achieve a goal.

The development of all of these skills and attributed not only makes students better learners but it also helps students feel good about themselves-it builds self-esteem. And in a world in which ideas and information are often delivered visually, children need to learn how to analyze and judge the meaning of images and how to use them to communicate their own ideas.

Today's educators and business leaders consider these skills and attributes vital to individual achievement and America's progress. Yet the fact is that most schools have experienced budget cuts in art programs during the last 10 years and, as a result, some schools offer little or no instruction in art. The students at these schools are missing an opportunity to expand skills so necessary to succeeding in a competitive economic environment in our culturally diverse, visually oriented world.

Education in the arts and through the arts is essential, and a complete approach to learning includes comprehensive visual arts education for grades K-12.

On the Graffiti Beat- Is it art or not?

It is really hard to decide if the Graffiti beat is art or not. The main thing about art is, it not created to harm anybody. Graffiti can not be an art if it damages public property or the property thats own by somebody. It makes people upset, and that is not what art does. On the other hand, Graffiti has the amazing creativity in it. Graffiti art are nothing but a regular person's thought, and that is how some people express it. Basically, I think Graffiti can be a very good art form, if it created in a right way at right places.

Public art

I have seen thousands of public art in my life, but i started paying attention on them after i got in to my art class. After that i understood it better, what does all those piece of art trying to represent.
When I visited to high museum, I saw lot of public art outside the museum. The art that drew my attention was "The Shades". The tragic story behind that piece of art makes it more attention taking .It also represent the great work of Auguste Rodin.

Indian culture is a true culture because.....

The term culture refers to a state of intellectual development or manners. The social and political forces that influence the growth of a human being is defined as culture.

Indian culture is rich and diverse and as a result unique in its very own way. Our manners, way of communicating with one another, etc are one of the important components of our culture. Even though we have accepted modern means of living, improved our lifestyle, our values and beliefs still remain unchanged. A person can change his way of clothing, way of eating and living but the rich values in a person always remains unchanged because they are deeply rooted within our hearts, mind, body and soul which we receive from our culture.

Indian culture treats guests as god and serves them and takes care of them as if they are a part and parcel of the family itself. Even though we don’t have anything to eat, the guests are never left hungry and are always looked after by the members of the family. Elders and the respect for elders is a major component in Indian culture. Elders are the driving force for any family and hence the love and respect for elders comes from within and is not artificial. An individual takes blessings from his elders by touching their feet. Elders drill and pass on the Indian culture within us as we grow.

“Respect one another” is another lesson that is taught from the books of Indian culture. All people are alike and respecting one another is ones duty. In foreign countries the relation between the boss and the employee is like a master and slave and is purely monetary whereas in Indian culture the relation between the boss and the employee is more like homely relations unlike foreign countries.

Helpful nature is another striking feature in our Indian culture. Right from our early days of childhood we are taught to help one another in need of help and distress. If not monetary then at least in kind or non-monetary ways. Indian culture tells us to multiply and distribute joy and happiness and share sadness and pain. It tells us that by all this we can develop co-operation and better living amongst ourselves and subsequently make this world a better place to live in.

Even though India is a country of various religions and caste our culture tells us just one thing 'phir bhi dil hai Hindustani '.

I love this piece of archiecture

TajMahal- A greatest piece of architecture:
Taj Mahal is regarded as one of the eight wonders of the world, and some Western historians have noted that its architectural beauty has never been surpassed. The Taj is the most beautiful monument built by the Mughals, the Muslim rulers of India. Taj Mahal is built entirely of white marble. Its stunning architectural beauty is beyond adequate description, particularly at dawn and sunset. The Taj seems to glow in the light of the full moon. On a foggy morning, the visitors experience the Taj as if suspended when viewed from across the Jamuna river.

Taj Mahal was built by a Muslim, Emperor Shah Jahan (died 1666 C.E.) in the memory of his dear wife and queen Mumtaz Mahal at Agra, India. It is an "elegy in marble" or some say an expression of a "dream." Taj Mahal (meaning Crown Palace) is a Mausoleum that houses the grave of queen Mumtaz Mahal at the lower chamber. The grave of Shah Jahan was added to it later. The queen’s real name was Arjumand Banu. In the tradition of the Mughals, important ladies of the royal family were given another name at their marriage or at some other significant event in their lives, and that new name was commonly used by the public. Shah Jahan's real name was Shahab-ud-din, and he was known as Prince Khurram before ascending to the throne in 1628.

Taj Mahal was constructed over a period of twenty-two years, employing twenty thousand workers. It was completed in 1648 C.E. at a cost of 32 Million Rupees. The construction documents show that its master architect was Ustad ‘Isa, the renowned Islamic architect of his time. The documents contain names of those employed and the inventory of construction materials and their origin. Expert craftsmen from Delhi, Qannauj, Lahore, and Multan were employed. In addition, many renowned Muslim craftsmen from Baghdad, Shiraz and Bukhara worked on many specialized tasks.

The Taj stands on a raised, square platform (186 x 186 feet) with its four corners truncated, forming an unequal octagon. The architectural design uses the interlocking arabesque concept, in which each element stands on its own and perfectly integrates with the main structure. It uses the principles of self-replicating geometry and a symmetry of architectural elements.

Its central dome is fifty-eight feet in diameter and rises to a height of 213 feet. It is flanked by four subsidiary domed chambers. The four graceful, slender minarets are 162.5 feet each. The entire mausoleum (inside as well as outside) is decorated with inlaid design of flowers and calligraphy using precious gems such as agate and jasper. The main archways, chiseled with passages from the Holy Qur’an and the bold scroll work of flowery pattern, give a captivating charm to its beauty. The central domed chamber and four adjoining chambers include many walls and panels of Islamic decoration.

The mausoleum is a part of a vast complex comprising of a main gateway, an elaborate garden, a mosque (to the left), a guest house (to the right), and several other palatial buildings. The Taj is at the farthest end of this complex, with the river Jamuna behind it. The large garden contains four reflecting pools dividing it at the center. Each of these four sections is further subdivided into four sections and then each into yet another four sections. Like the Taj, the garden elements serve like Arabesque, standing on their own and also constituting.

My favorite artist

Pablo Picasso:- He was devoted primarily to his early works, which include strikingly realistic renderings of casts of ancient sculpture. I am a big fan of Picasso's art work. His painting have everything called human struggle, nature, behavior, and conditoin. Although, majority of paintings represent human struggle and condition. We can feel what his paintings try to tell us. His patintings from blue period, rose period, beginning of cubism, and analytical cubism has fantastic work of art. Those paintings make you stare at it for hours. Here are the few picasso's paintings:

Poetry Slam

Poetry Slam:- A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work. For example, when I asked few of my friends to write a poem on the most romantic thing you could say to your beloved on Valentine's Day, and the least romantic follow-up, i got following responses:

My love for you is like a rose One that's dead and never grows

You are my sun, my moon, my star I wish to see you... from afar

You turn me on like Britney Spears
With even less between the ears

Kind, intelligent, loving and hot
This describes everything you're not

Fashion as art

One more time I am going to represent India for fashion. Our culture have different dressing that every other culture, but the main thing about it is our clother are really expensive than any other kind. Our one particular style include 3-4 pieces such as ghagra, choli, and dupatta; shrervani, chudidar, and its own dupatta. Now-a- days India dresses are the latest fashion for marrying couples. Couple from all over the world wants to have an indian wedding. That jaldoshi work, dora work, kashmiri work and many more works used in clothes just amaze people. People from all over the world come to enjoy fashion show of indian clothes.

This music video is a true work of art.

In my blogs, people will get to see a hint of india more often. This following music video is from recent Indian movie "Love Aaj Kal" which means today modern love ( Ways to love are new, but feeling is still the same). This video represent the difference between todays people, their limits and their love. This video is so creative that people can see the art in the words of song and in the dance. On the top of that, background setting is also really colorful and artistic.

Dance

DANCE - When it comes to dance i am a big fan of my cultural dance. In India, we have so many types of different dances. Bhangra, garba, kathak, bharatnatyam........etc. Our dance reprsents true art. People dress up according to the dance they are going to represent. Their dressing sence is always creative and colorful and so artistic. Indian dance, culture, food, and many other things including hospitality is very unique and marvellous to describe it in few words.

my right brain and my left brain

I am not specifically right brain or left brain person. I use my both brain, but i do not use it equally.
I can use my right brain whenever I need it. I am good at math and science and other subject in which i have to use my logic. Although, I use my left brain way better than right. I am an imaginary person. I am a day dreamer. I like to paint and i like things colorful. I try to understand things creatively, which helps me a lot.

My photogrphic eye