So, what is real?! Are you sure of the reality of your world?! Could you be living in a virtual matrix instead…?! The Urban Myth of our reality as a simulation popularized by the movie Matrix in 1999 has continued to raise interesting existential questions. The makers Wachowski brothers captured…

No, No One Style… As an artist, I do not wish to box myself or be known for a particular style/theme/medium. I try and experiment towards whatever I am drawn towards in that moment in time. Above is a snapshot from my Instagram art feed (@artAbhay). I believe you can…

Are you trying to define work and living your life by the same principles as those days of snail-mail, and zero to minimal global connectivity?! If you are not pushing your mind to create and go beyond the norm/status quo, you are not working hard but being lazy. It is…

Create…?! “…yes sure, I want to…but how do I find my muse?” As you search for/wait for/seek that perfect muse — a venture or art idea or concept that you can completely immerse in and commit to creating, think and ask: (1) What do I already know? Go back to and deep dive into what you…

“Software is eating the world…” - Marc Andreessen Why can your job be not automated? Easier the work, faster & easier it will be to replace you or automate your job. Advanced artificial intelligence is already enabling it. …

“Cat: Where are you going? Alice: Which way should I go? Cat: That depends on where you are going. Alice: I don’t know. Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Ideas first! If you don’t know where you are going or if…

Why do I seek to create? What is the central concept? What is the big idea that I want to express? What inspires me? What is the purpose? Focus on the essence - the central idea, the concept. Ask yourself the above questions before you start creating. Never lose sight…

Are you trying to force fit a ‘process’ box around creativity, design or innovation? There is an inherent contradiction there. Creativity is fluid and free — it cannot be contained, let alone within a box. Structure and a forced process can kill creativity, and suffocate the creative soul. There is…

A talking mouse called Mickey, Darth Vader and those light-saber fights in a galaxy far-far away…are all figments of someone’s imagination. Once you start generating ideas, do not stop or be content just as yet. Push further, and go beyond. Go beyond that initial idea/s that you started with. It…