the sciolist

"Running on Empty, Part 1" . #Cartoon strip + words by me. . . . #poetry #poetsofinstagram #writing #philosophy #modernlife #comics #comicart #artist #art #drawings #illustration #illustrator #digitalart #digitalillustration#digitalartwork #digitalartist #desiartist #southasian #southasianartists #southasianart #ahmadiyyacreatives (at Atlanta Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD904tnhaBO/?igshid=c6nxnro0po1e

#poem + digital art by me. . . "The most ancient living memories Hacked + burnt + wrenched From ever-pregnant soil But The charred timber + bones Will b resurrected When we r long gone" . Help the cause and donate and buy @rainforestalliance certified products and support @amazonfrontlines to 4 indigenous people's justice. . . . #writing #poetry #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #artwork #ahmadiyya_creatives #art #artwork #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalartist #creative #southasianart #southasian #southasianartists #illustration #illustrator #artistsofinstagram #brownskin #desiartist #illustrator #representationmatters #art #artwork #digitalartwork #amazonpeople #indigenous #rainforest (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC7auyXlzZs/?igshid=qexzmmgnsu03

Restrospective Self Portrait, Age 14. #digital #painting + prose blurt by me. . "@14 years old, uncooked, my disconnection with the here & now, & a love affair with all things unreal sewed my skin + eyes inside out, which u know makes the world that much more excruciating. so u need higher doses of the unreal + like a chump u fall 4 it. Does anything change with time or r u still the same boy??? Eat, drink and don't be merry! WAKE UP!" . . . #artwork #ahmadiyya_creatives #art #artwork #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalartist #creative #southasianart #southasian #southasianartists #illustration #illustrator #artistsofinstagram #brownboyart #brownskin #desiart #desiartist #illustrator #representationmatters #art #artwork #indian #pakistani #Indianart #selfportrait (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCpTsEBghM9/?igshid=10eaonlmdoyrx

"Beauty and the Beast taught us get looks don't matter -- unless you're a girl..." (Unknown author) . Rlly quick and rough #calligraphy by me in #notebook Pilot pen, brush and gold marker. . Many variations on this #meme, starting at least 8 years ago, and this is my my favourite. Along with:"A tale as old as Stockholm Syndrome" . . . #letteringco #graphicdesign #font #artoftype #handmadefont #artwork #ahmadiyya_creatives #art #artwork #ink #moderncalligraphy #lettering #letteringart #calligraphylove #handlettering #handwriting #creative #ink #moderncalligraphy #lettering #letteringart #typography #calligraphylove #handlettering #handwriting #font #artoftype #handmadefont #southasianart #southasian #southasianartists #desiartist (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCgzyunF9oA/?igshid=vwvxlwbv3k9n

Mother, امی #illustration & #poem by me. . . "Battered by circumstance Yet never embittered An unseen gem, Brightened, not calcified . Against all tribulations Never a quitter Sap, flower, fruit and stem Her root, in soil sanctified" . . #artwork #ahmadiyya_creatives #art #artwork #creative #illustration #illustrator #artistsofinstagram #artoftheday #drawing #drawings #poetry #writing #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetrylovers #desiartist #desi #desiart #motherhood #indian #pakistani (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCRoj8XlWxN/?igshid=cgv2nlw5uo7i

#throwbackthursday First visit to #india,1997. #photography and extract from a #poem by me, travelling to #delhi, #agra, #amritsar and #qadian in #punjab . . #ahmadiyya_creatives #art #artwork #spirituality #southasianart #southasian #southasianartists #artistsofinstagram #desiart #desiartist #art #indian #photographylovers #collage #photocollage #culture #travelphotography #travelgram #poetry #poem #writing #traveljournal (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCJVeA5lFTF/?igshid=1bdbtnzni3y4x

Prakrti. #drawing by me with #ink, coloured pens and pencils. . "Prakrti, the eternal enchanting Feminine." . . #artwork #ahmadiyya_creatives #art #artwork #ink #sanskrit #nature #creative #spirituality #religion #hinduism #hindu #feminine #southasianart #southasian #southasianartists #prakrti #vedic #illustration #illustrator #artistsofinstagram #artoftheday (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB4BDSOFCZm/?igshid=iescn5b3w9fy

Dizzy Dervish #drawing by me, #ink on paper. . "The Heavenly Artist paints His pictures of two sorts, Fair pictures and the reverse of fair. Joseph, He painted fair and made him beautiful; He also painted ugly pictures of demons and evil, Both sorts are His workmanship They proceed not from His imperfection, but His skill, That the perfection of His Wisdom may be shown... Both infidelity and faith bear witness to Him, Both alike bow down before His Almighty sway." . Rumi, Masnavi, 2:10 . #artwork #ahmadiyya #ahmadiyyamuslimcommunity #ahmadiyya_creatives #art #artwork #creative #spirituality #religion #southasianart #southasian #southasianartists #sufi #sufism #illustration #illustrator #artistsofinstagram #artoftheday (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbbQBKgkd8/?igshid=1rdyn1kixkgw6

"Among His proofs are the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diveristy in your languages and colors. In these, there are signs for the knowledgeable." #quran 33:23 . #Calligraphy by me, ink, and paint on paper. #blacklivesmatter #justice #goodtype #letteringco #graphicdesign #font #artoftype #handmadefont #artwork #ahmadiyya_creatives #artistsoninstagram #art #artwork #ink #moderncalligraphy #lettering #letteringart #typography #calligraphylove #handlettering #handwriting #creative #spirituality #ink #instaart #moderncalligraphy #lettering #letteringart #typography #calligraphylove #handlettering #handwriting #type #thedailytype #typematters #font #artoftype #handmadefont #southasianart #southasian (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBJqpJNF3Sz/?igshid=1az3zhfdr9w25

Things Unsaid. #illustration by me. Coloured pencils and #ink. #artist #artistsofinstagram #art #drawing #drawingoftheday #comic #southasian #southasianartists (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAgo5jagxCN/?igshid=8axm4hm0bsqb

'Love for All, Hatred for None' Custom lettering by me #Digital . Swipe for original calligraphy concept and illustrator translation. . . #type #goodtype #thedailytype #letteringco #typematters #graphicdesign #font #calligrafia #artoftype #calligritype #handmadefont #typegang #artwork #Design #lettering #handlettering #letteringart #letteringdaily #typography #typesetting #ahmadiyya #ahmadiyya_creatives #southasianartists #southasianart #southasian https://www.instagram.com/p/B9XD7xQlYqr/?igshid=zbk8cgxfcw5a

Digital campaign for Promised Reformer Day Event #Design by me . . #artistsoninstagram #creative #art #illustration #illustrator #artist #instaart #artistofig #drawings #artoftheday #myart #drawingoftheday #islamicart #type #goodtype #thedailytype #typematters #graphicdesign #calligrafia #artoftype #artwork #posterdesign #digitalart #digitalartist #ahmadiyya #islam #southasian #southasianartists #southasianart (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9SPNqrBYA3/?igshid=70i1f7d4u10t

"I'm sorry fot not being good enuff" #drawing by me. Biro, coloured pencils on paper. Words by me. . . "Make me perfect perfect more perfect perfect + more + more = face goals × hair goals × nostril goals ÷ whiteness = more white / fair / light / white = 😍😍😍 Soooooo... CUT my lips CARVE my skin SLICE SLICE SLICE INJECT SQUIRT BURN MELT STAMP BRAND a new me So I'm 😃😃😃 & Perfect Flawless Featureless Tasteless" . . #ahmadiyya_creatives #feminismo #ahmadiyya_creatives #artistsoninstagram #sketch #art #illustration #illustrator #sketchbook #artist #artwork #instaart #artistsofinstagram #artistofig #artoftheday #artjournal #myart #creative #southasianart #southasian #instagram #socialmedia #women #society #hierarchy #nature #feminism #feminist #feminine #mindcontrol (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KByuQFP1S/?igshid=1qmvb3x0fwcxz

We never learn. . . "Ideals of female beauty that can only be met through painful processes of physical manipulation have always been with us, from tiny feet in imperial China to wasp waists in nineteenth-century Europe. But contemporary systems of continual visual self-broadcasting—reality TV, social media—have created new disciplines of continual visual self-improvement. Social media has supercharged the propensity to regard one’s personal identity as a potential source of profit—and, especially for young women, to regard one’s body this way, too. " . Jia tolentino, again. . . https://www.newyorker.com/culture/decade-in-review/the-age-of-instagram-face . . #socialmedia #feminism #journalism #instagram #socialmedia #art #illustration #journalism #truth #education #women #perception #society #hierarchy #control #patriarchy #nature #feminism #feminist #feminine #mindcontrol #racism #race #gender #sex #humansexuality (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9FynPLFexg/?igshid=uo3g75q48407

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." The Dead, from Dubliners, by James Joyce . . . . #hike #hiking #nature #naturephotography #naturelover #mountains #georgia #mountain #winter #snow #jamesjoyce #dubliners #beauty (at Pine Mountain, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8VIHkjApWt/?igshid=16j6dfxttc1do

Kazu Haga, This man was amazing, his course on Kingian Nonviolence was enriching and enlightening and a game changer, both personally & on a societal level. The Beloved community is just mind-boggling. Grateful he came 2 #atlanta . . Check out his organization @eastpointpeaceacademy and work @wagingnv . "In Kingian Nonviolence, a philosophy developed out of the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr., there is a distinction made between nonviolence spelled with a hyphen, and nonviolence spelled without a hyphen. “Non-violence” is essentially two words: “without” “violence.” When spelled this way, it only describes the absence of violence. As long as I am “not being violent,” I am practicing non-violence. And that is the biggest misunderstanding of nonviolence that exists. Nonviolence is not about what not to do. It is about what you are going to do about the violence and injustice we see in our own hearts, our homes, our neighborhoods and society at large. It is about taking a proactive stand against violence and injustice. Nonviolence is about action, not inaction." . Kazu Haga, “Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm” (parallex press) . . . #nonviolence #nonviolentcommunication #martinlutherking #mlk #protest #society #eastpointpeaceacademy #wagingnonviolence #philosophy #change #progress #politics #race #kingian #peace #culture #workshop #revolution #transformation #transform #psychology #reform (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B79kAGiFfV0/?igshid=198fevz7riw1h

Jungli Jungle, by @talalqureshi . . Define savagery, I think we r in it. . . "A convivial society should be designed to allow all its members the most autonomous action by means of tools least controlled by others. People feel joy, as opposed to mere pleasure, to the extent that their activities are creative; while the growth of tools beyond a certain point increases regimentation, dependence, exploitation, and impotence." Ivan Illich, Tools for Conviviality (1973) . . #ahmadiyya_creatives #society #southasian #southasianart #southasianartists #convivial #conviviality #convivialité #autonomy #revolution #music #urdu #pakistani #technology #philosophy #education #institutionalized #deschooling #illich #ivanillich #talalqureshi #fusion #artist #karachi #ethereal (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B76PvDnlm0Y/?igshid=1qs28ue0lna29