Experiencing the Boundless through Art
– Poorvi Ahuja

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
– Abbas Kiarostami

Art is a medium for redemption and for experience, for happiness and for contentment. Whenever the rivers of life flow through dark nooks of the forest, engaging in art can heal our inner being.

Recent times have highlighted the need for paying attention to our mental health and dear readers, one way of sanitising our thoughts, just as important as sanitising our physical selves, is through the meditative immersion into creative landscapes. It is essential to experience a creative existence, a life filled with the bounties and joys of curiosities, and the splendid thrill of translating one’s ideas onto a canvas/ paper/ any other medium. With a paradigm shift in how we consider art and creativity, it becomes equally important to look at its myriad manifestations. An out-of-the-box idea for an app, a digital painting, sound strategies to channelise resources, an AI based tool- all “new” ways of thinking, by the virtue of their newness, allow creative immersion.

Let us not be afraid to give wings to our dreams! Releasing these dreams and living them, one day at a time is the way to keep ourselves engaged with the outer world and in sync with the inner world. Let us allow ourselves to be absorbed into the dreamy landscapes of other realms time and again to return to this one with a healthier mind! If there is an idea inside us, let us allow it to fly to the boundless skies and aim for the sun, this is the only way in which our dreams, like art, can help us inhabit a space which promises contentment and a sense of purpose, a space of our own making! Whenever in crisis, let us remember, art is still there, it is there for us!