ABOUT MY UNUSUAL ART : DETAILED INTERVIEW FOLLOWS :-

ABOUT MY UNUSUAL ART : DETAILED INTERVIEW FOLLOWS :-

My art is the creation of beautiful, attractive, wonderful, interesting and visually appealing paintings using only my nails, fingers and palms and I do not use paint brushes to create these paintings. I use white glue and water colours to create my art. Very recently I have started using sand as well.

Today I am 44 years of age. But when I was child I was taught to copy cards and sketch things I see in nature like leaves, human beings etc. Today I do not like painting or sketching what already exists in nature i.e what I have seen in this world but instead I love to see new things getting created through my hands, things that I have never seen before, things that did not exist in this world before. My works are not replication of nature.

Instead I am a part of nature gifted with creativity, creativity which again as I have observed in my case is some thing that flows mostly naturally without much of effort, thinking or planning.

Before a painting of mine gets completed I mostly have no idea what it is going to look like. I actually rejoice every time a wonderful work is created by me. I rejoice wondering how such a self appealing work got created by me. I feel every work of art created by me is a gift of God to me, because my works appear to me more to happen to get created on their own than through my actual own planning. I many times do not plan how I am going to proceed and I do whatever I feel like doing, sometimes out of impulse.

My methods of painting using nails, fingers and palms are novel. I started my novel finger painting in 1995-96 and it has evolved with time particularly in the recent past.I have not learnt the methods from anywhere. Today my methods include taking impressions, folding and crushing, dripping to get variety of effects and results.

When white glue which I use dries up, it becomes transparent and if you add a very small quantity of water colour to it, it becomes translucent when it dries up. I have used this property to create very interesting works. Also when white glue dries up it gives a raised effect, thus textures get created and recently I have been using sand with white glue as well to get some interesting textures.

I myself cannot reproduce my paintings on my own using the same methods and therefore they are unique.

I do expect to keep on experimenting and coming up with newer methods of creating art with fingers, nails & palm.

I do not have an art background, i.e. an art degree / diploma and this leaves me with no other choice but to end up experimenting, doing and learning. The whole thing about painting with nails, fingers and palm started with an experiment and fearless experimentations are still on.

I remember the first drawing competition I participated at my Convent of Jesus and Mary School in Ambala. I was studying in KG and I drew a flower vase with flowers. I kept on making flowers and at a certain stage everything looked nice. But I was not satisfied, there was the urge to experiment, and I went on to make still more flowers till I ended up making a wonderful looking bright picture of flowers with a small vase. I was not contended with what I made but I received the first prize. The urge to experiment without fear of loss seems to have been within me since then only because I want to do better and probably want to experiment more to learn more.

Nobody taught me how to make sculptures but yet again it was experimentation, the automatic right moves, right pressures applied and the right angles at which I ended up carving that helped me become a sculptor. I used to pick up stones from the back yard of my Army Public School in New Delhi and make sculptures with them. I have also made Plaster of Paris sculptures. However while a student at the Welcom group graduate school of hotel administration, Manipal I learnt how to make pumpkin, water melon, salt dough, gelatine and thermocole carvings. I still sometime do professional fruit carving. I have done some professional set / prop designing for stage shows of Aishwarya Rai and others along with Vikram Phadnis as the choreographer of those shows.

I used to sketch portraits when I was young. But now I intend to do only nail, finger and palm painting as this is most satisfying than all my other artistic abilities.

When I was young I appreciated the beauty of nature and also felt that God is the greatest artist.

I believe that He has made all the beautiful things in nature. He has made the beauty of beautiful flowers and butterflies which sometimes seemed to me as unparalleled.

Seeing the huge world, the distant sky and when I compared the possible difference in the physical size of my body and that of the universe, I could imagine how powerful the creator of this universe i.e. God must be and also realized how small I was compared to God. Now I started praying to God that I wanted to become like his loved son and I wanted to be a good human being, living for others good i.e. I wanted to do charity etc.

Years later I started praying to God that I wanted to become according to his desire which meant that everything that I do should be what God wants me to do.

My creation of paintings seems to be blessed by God and my actions happen to appear to be just right and just as they were meant to be, everything falling into place till the right painting gets created.

From start to end of making a painting it is a puzzle which seems to get solved on its own with me sometimes ending up doing the right things automatically ( doing the right things by chance) and with me sometimes ending up taking the right decisions. Mostly I am surprised and appreciate what gets created because I personally mostly find the outcome wonderful.

My paintings have no title since they have no meaning. But as I said before they are attractive, wonderful, interesting, beautiful and visually appealing things which I think can too be used as a decoration on walls like any other painting with a title or a meaning.

I have received a lot of appreciation for my work. But some people do look for a meaning in my art. Few also do find some meanings. But however there is no meaning intended.

A child who sees a beautiful flower for the first time likes it and wants it because the flower generates interest and liking in the child. The child does not know that this beautiful thing that he is attracted to is called the flower but however he wants it only because he is attracted towards it.

Similarly people get attracted towards my paintings even if they do not find any meaning in it.

Only music played from instruments without any lyrics too have no meaning but we do like it.

This art is my profession. I love it. But one tough thing about it is washing my palms covered with white glue every time I complete my work.

Truly speaking I paint for myself though this is also my profession. I do not paint by observing what sells in the market. But I choose to paint what I like and that gives pleasure. I am not ready to sell a painting unless I am completely satisfied with the creation. I try to work further on what is not satisfying enough and in the process, it can get further deteriorated or wasted , but at times some get converted to wonders.

I believe that only a creation that I am contended with will be liked. If I am not contended how can I show such a work to someone, leave aside sell.

I REQUEST YOU TO KINDLY GO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING WORLD PRAYER. I HOPE IT WILL HELP YOU ATTAIN PERFECTION.

Someone created this world,

Someone created all the creatures in it.

Someone made sure that flowers of a species look alike.

Someone made sure that the left and right wings of a butterfly,

will be exactly similar, every time a butterfly is born.

Who could this mysterious someone be?

Who else but, you, the supreme most God.

Oh! Supreme most God,

there are so many religions.

Each religion has a God.

Who you really are?

Which religion am I to believe in?

Oh! Supreme most God,

Who are you?

Where are you?

Oh! Supreme most God,

here, I make a prayer.

Hear me Oh! God dear,

I want to be according to your desire.

I mean what I say.

Whatever I think, speak and do,

I want it to be right according to you.

You know what I should, think, speak and do,

Therefore I want to think, speak and do,

Only what you want me to.

I want to be the best you expect me to be.

I want to be the way you know I should be,

It is right for me to be that way.

I need to be perfectly how you want me to be.

It is right on my part.

It is my responsibility.

It is my duty.

I should do only what you want me to.

It is right on my part.

It is my responsibility.

It is my duty.

It is right on my part not to do what you do not want me to.

I am not supposed to do what you do not want me to.

It is my responsibility.

It is my duty.

I sincerely want to be exactly how you want me to be,

I sincerely want to do only what you want me to,

I sincerely want not to do what you do not want me to.

I desperately need to know exactly how I should be,

I desperately need to know exactly what I should do,

I desperately need to know exactly what I should not do.

So, I plead to you, somehow, let me know, exactly how I should be.

So, I plead to you, somehow, let me know, exactly what I should do,

So, I plead to you, somehow, let me know, exactly what I should not do.

I know not, exactly, how I should be,

I know not, exactly, what I should do,

I know not, exactly, what I should not do.

I am helpless, Oh! God help me

God be my guide, be my teacher.

God you have some expectations from me,

I want to fulfill all those expectations you have.

God, lead me to perfection,

God, guide me to perfection,

I want to lead the kind of life you want me to lead.

I want to be always right according to you.

I never want to do anything wrong.

God, I want to walk on your desired path.

Show me the right path.

Hold my hand and help me to walk on the path you want me to.

I do not want to do the smallest mistake.

And if I do end up doing so,

I will be punished,

I am scared of punishment,

I fear to go wrong.

Some people in this world dare to do wrong things,

for the sake of temporary pleasures.

I do not want to be such a fool.

I do not want to be carried away by such temptations,

since in that case, I will be punished.

God, please do not let anyone be able to influence me into doing anything wrong.

God if I have done mistakes,

please help me, now, to correct those which I should.

I regret having done all the mistakes I have done.

I truly mean it.

I do not want to anymore do any mistake.

Forgive me, please, for all my mistakes.

God, you are the supreme most.

Everything is in your control.

You know everything.

You know what we do,

and, as per your plan,

we get punishments for our wrong actions.

I bow a million times at your feet.

For you to help me not to do what is wrong on my part.

I am scared of punishments.

God, I am sorry for whatever wrong, I have done.

Every time I did something wrong, I could not live up to your expectation.

Today I feel bad for everything wrong I have done,

because I disappointed you, and because it was wrong on my part.

Please forgive me.

God I offer myself to you,

For you to use me the way you want to,

For whatever purpose you want to,

God, I want to live,

for whatever reasons you want me to live for.

God, I offer myself to you,

for you to control me, the way you want to.

God, control my thoughts,

God, control my speech,

God, control my actions,

God, control everything else about me,

so that I never go wrong.

and remain perfect according to you.

If being on the right path according to you,

I am to suffer,

I am ready to.

Please do not let me go wrong.

God, you know everything,

You control everything.

Everything is according to your desire

I want to go through whatever you want me to.

I accept gladly,

all sorrows and pain I have gone through,

and I accept all sufferings yet to come,

For all that happens is in your control, you are all powerful.

Whatever shall happen to me,

is what you think should happen.

It is right and should happen

I am there to go through it all.

God I don’t want to grieve or have anger against you

for all the sufferings and pain I have gone through,

Instead, I don’t want to do any such actions anymore,

for which I will deserve punishments.

I also do not want to grieve or have anger against you,

for other’s sufferings as well,

since it is again, nothing but punishments they deserve.

Everyone gets punished or rewarded for their actions,

depending upon the kind of actions they do.

God, the punishments, and sufferings,

You give to everyone,

Are nothing but lessons for them to learn from.

The punishments and sufferings you give,

Is for everyone’s good.

They get to learn from them,

And, they proceed on the path to perfection.

God, you know, what, you should do,

And you do that always.

Thus you are always right.

You never go wrong.

I do not want to find faults in you.

I do not want to either rebel against you

or against what happens according to your plan.

God, I want to be the best, I can be, according to you.

If being the best, I can be, according to you,

brings tough to go through experiences,

or, brings unbearable experiences,

I am ready to bear them all.

But, I want to be the best, I can be, according to you.

You know, being how and what actions,

can lead to my highest good, according to you.

I want to be such and I want to do such actions.

I want my highest good, according to you,

and, I want to be worthy of deserving it.

I do not want to ever annoy you.

I instead want to please you as much as I can.

I want to do my best to keep you contended with me.

I never want to do anything that disappoints you the least.

I want to be such that you are happiest with me at all times.

I want to be loved by you.

And, I want to become worthy of deserving your love.

God, you are perfect and you never go wrong.

You are right in everything you do.

Bless me, Oh! God, to become perfect like you.

God, if you are happy with me, I am happy with myself.

God, if you are contended with me, I am contended with myself.

And, God, if you say I am the way you want me to be,

I am satisfied,

that’s all I need.

God, you know every thing.

God, you have, therefore, heard my prayers,

Please fulfill them,

I request to you,

I plead,

I fall at your feet,

I beg to you to fulfill my prayers.

If I go wrong,

I will be punished

I am scared of punishments.

God where are you,

I want to see you,

Please appear in front of me.

I want to sit and talk to you.

I want to spend time with you.

I know you exist,

But I don’t know where you are.

Appear, talk to me.

You are somewhere,

I do not know where.

Please do not keep yourself away from me.

I just want to be with you,

I want to be with you forever,

You are my every thing,

This world belongs to you.

This universe belongs to you,

I too belong to you.

You are the only one who belongs to me.

God, you are mine.

After the end of this life,

please keep me with you forever.

I cannot bear this separation anymore.

Please appear.

I want only that to happen,

what, you know, should happen.

Let me not be the cause,

of making anything happen,

that you consider as wrong,

God, consider that this whole prayer

is being made by me continuously,

at each and every moment for the rest of my life.

I am waiting for the world to make this prayer,

as and when it reaches it.

When the whole world makes this prayer,

and You fulfill this prayer of all,

it would be the world I dream of.

Waiting for the world to make this prayer,

As and when it reaches it,

Waiting for the world to make this prayer.

Waiting for the world to make this prayer.

Waiting for the world to make this prayer.

Author of this WORLD PRAYER: Parijoy Saha