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Convocation Address at Pearl Academy, Jaipur, India

18th November, 2016 I feel extremely priviledged to be amongst you today for this very special event in Pearl Academy. My association with Pearl is about 10 years old now. I was in design education for 24 years before I joined Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum in the City Palace. My address today will be to the students, especially the graduating students. I. Hands on, minds on I would urge you to not just think but also use your hands in doing things. Doing is a very important part of thinking process. If you have an idea, don’t just live with it. My experience tells me that ideas are random in nature. They need articulation. You have to articulate them. To do so you have to do. Thinking and then doing leads to further thinking and then further doing and so on……An idea is like a spark. It comes and goes. Persuing an idea is like nurturing it. Einstein once said that there are no big or small ideas. The idea becomes big or small depending on how much it is pursued. ...

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I am starting this art blog today. Here I will share my thoughts, ideas, work and also inspiration. Inspiration could be images from anywhere as well as thoughts, ideas and works of other collectives or individuals. I have been involved with design academics for 25 years. Hence design and design academics will also find some space here. My own work may also tend to flow in both the arenas. I hope to get comments, which may be observations, suggestions, recommendations or criticism. I hope it becomes constructive, stimulating and insightful. Cheers, Yunus In gratitude: I am in gratitude to my dear friend Sanjeev Bothra for giving me the idea to start this blog. He said that I must, as I have so much to share. I hope he is right. I am also indebted to my dear friend, Rahul Sharma, for putting together (or whatever it is termed as) this blog. Or else, how would a technological novice like me every be able to do so. Below is my drawing > Python > A4 size > mix...