Category Archives: Creativity

Musings over Tea

I am at my dining table with my laptop, browsing templates for certain designs I have to make over the next month. This is work now. I have started to pivot into a creative career track and this is just the beginning. I’m nervous and excited in equal measures, and wholly curious about where this path might take me!

I sip my tea and think about all the drawings I could make just about tea – of making it, of drinking it, of savouring it, of gulping the last few cold sips. I love tea and I think it really has the power to make you feel good no matter the situation you are in. The amount of time you spend drinking a cup of tea is, sometimes, exactly the length of a breather you need from a busy / hectic / overwhelming moment. It can help you collect your senses, piece it back together slowly and then, on you go – recharged!

People say the same about coffee, but other than how good it smells, I’m not sure it does anything for me.

On that note, here’s a little drawing I made about these beverages and their respective place in my life.

I now own a custom coaster made on this design that lives in my kitchen and sparks a smile from my guests, and sometimes a debate too! Not a bad conversation starter, I think to myself.

I better get back to my templates, having sipped my cuppa while typing out my musings on tea for you all. Drop me a hello if you’re a fellow tea lover too! Coffee smellers and sippers are just as welcome 🙂 ❤

Let’s bring some Shelf-Awareness!

I drew this a couple of weeks back, in absolute disappointment because I have totally lost the habit of reading.

I sit in front of my computer all day, and scroll on my phone afterwards (not just the meaningless scrolling, but also some meaningful reading every once in a while!), but the moment it comes to flipping pages of a book that I have willingly bought, my eyelids droop immediately and take me into a deep slumber.

I bet a lot of you relate to this.

So, here’s a thought. While we self-isolate ourselves physically in light of the current worldwide circumstances , why don’t we try and isolate ourselves a little from our gadgets and try to bring an old, forgotten but much-needed habit back into our lives?

Self awareness to some (book)Shelf-awareness, perhaps?

Bring Back the Bookworm in me!

Simple Friendships

This post is dedicated to a dear friend I’ve known for years now! Someone who never fails to amaze me with her grit, grace and goofiness, even to this day. Speaking with her is like getting a warm hug, and it takes me back to the days we spent in the wilderness of our college lives; doing assignments, chasing dreams but mostly sealing our friendship over late night movies and plates of maggi!

In the busy lives that we manage to bury ourselves in these days, it is often the littlest amount of unconditional time that a friend makes for you goes to make all the difference in the world. And, she is surely the one who is never short of it – no matter the distance, the timezones, the jobs, the families, and everything else that is Life.

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I hope we all have at least one friend like that. And if you do, tag them in the comments and send them a hug 🙂

Here’s to simple friendships, and simpler joys!