Faith and Fear

Most my thoughts get converted to graphics. Sometimes though writing them feels like a necessity. Here is one such thought that's been troubling me for a while now, put into words. Still, writing does not mean I won't do artwork. I used calligraphy for the title using a crow quill nib and a cursive freestyle hand. In case you find it difficult to read in this image, scroll down for a typed version.

Faith and Fear

I started questioning faith

It had begun to interrupt humanity

It looked like a stranger.

I am unable to decide the state of my mind.

Am I lost or am I mistaken?

Deceived by a thought?

The struggle goes on,

the answer has to be sought.

Faith has transformed into fear

Fear of the undesired,
results not wont.

Rituals have become rules
Rules born of mistrust and unsettled minds.

Sense has turned selfish

Sensitivity has grown unkind

How a demon it has bred?

Faith divine.

Such faith is not inborn but implanted
Implanted in the mind,
implanted out of fear,
that a child may trust where parent not desire.
A faith that is lodged in the mind and it rots.

Let faith be discovered
and embraced by a receiving heart.
Force nothing of this delicate being,
with fear only fear will be got.

Pragya Goenka

back with video

I know I've been away from here for a very long time. The technology is why, even though I am not much of a tech savvy. I am not the person to jump at anything new that comes along. So I started with instagram pretty late, partly also because they took some time to come to android and I don't have an iphone. But since I decided to finally start using instagram, I got addicted. It is such an easy way to keep a daily dose of inspiration handy. It also motivated me to practice my lettering and calligraphy more regularly as the response I was getting on my posts was exciting. So not only have I been spending a lot of time trying out new writing styles and practicing my good old hand, I have also learnt how to shoot and edit videos of the process. I have been enjoying doing this thoroughly. Here are a few samples of what I have been doing these past several months. You can also go over to instagram and check out more such activity @pragyagoenka I'll be posting more videos in the coming few weeks.

type it up

Drawing alphabet may begin when you are still crawling but it definitely goes a long and complex way if you decide to keep drawing them for a living. So I made this seemingly ridiculous (for those who aren't in this field already) decision a while back when advertising started to bore me and graphic design just wasn't enough. Typography, type design, lettering and calligraphy (yes, they are all very different from each other) wasn't new for me, I just never gave it the attention it needed. So now I have been correcting my mistakes and indulging my passion with professional seriousness. The best part, doodling and scribbling for creating main pieces gives opportunity to so many small fun pieces. I have shared my word doodles here before, but this time I went a step ahead and explored application of these designs. Here are some of my letter sketches making objects of daily use a little bit more interesting. If you like this and want to see more of my type scribbles, doodles and finished works, follow me on instagram @pragyagoenka

I sprinkled this empty shampoo bottle with sparkle and painted the words with acrylic paint.  

Here's a fun tote. A little freehand sketching and very little acrylic paint. 

Well these are just mock ups, but don't they look cute.