I have been drawing. So delayed writing articles past few days. It was fun, a whole new arena to explore. Of course I loved drawing as a child, yet at some point, I stopped. Not that I did not try to draw again. As I can remember I always had trouble chosing colors. Although I tried to copy draw, it did not represent the reality, as color I have chosen never represented what I see. And I thought this is a problem in judgement. Then I read the book on color theory. And understood that colors do not behave stand alone. It is not single colors. It is the interaction of colors which makes a scene. I learned about hues, saturations, and chromas. Not by definition but by intuition. And with this new knowledge I drew the fan regulator on the wall. Just using a simple paint program on my old samsung phone. It was difficult to draw the edges correctly, however I managed to represent what I see more accurately this time. And following is the image.
Looking at the world in colors
As you can see, it captures the essential details of the image. Although there are so much detail I have used only minimal amount of colors, to represent what is so sophisticated in reality. If we analyse the original image pixel by pixel thre would be hundreds of different colors. Yet, I have only used five or six. And It made me happy doing it.
After learning about colors, which is information, I recieved, made me look at the world in a different way. I can give you another example. Look at the following drawing I made, and the original image, and it was done only using three dull colors. I was also suprised how such complicated scenary is abstracted by few colors. More importantly, this is what our eyes have been doing all day. It's my own personal approximation of a world that I see. Just like a monkey seeing its own reflection in the mirror.
Now when I look at something, I see the colors. I think about how I can draw that. Just like the other day, when I was driving, I saw the sunny lagoon. Bright tropical sun, which is even harder to look at. It is complicated, so much detailed, but eyes, onced used to look at the world in colors, can approximate. And that is what I did in the following image. And I have been experimenting with these colors. Which you also can do if you are interested.
Philosophy in colors.
Now, here is the interesting part. The world I see, did not change. What changed was the information, I had recieved about the world. Just like I bought a new pair of spectacles. Similarly, I am sure, a mathematician sees the world in numbers, a physics student see functions. Did you see Charlie Puth making music, live on the Jimmey Kemel Show? Just with a sound of a cup when tapped with the spoon. It was incredible. And I am sure he hears a melody in every sound!
So, if the colors that you see the world, are not bright enough, are not sunny enough and are too sad, I suggest you change your glasses, like I did. So you can see the world in different way. Maybe in a philosophical eye. But do not forget, it is just an image after all, created by the magic of mind. And that is the art of magical mindful living.
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