Saturday, January 31, 2009

Play


Play
Originally uploaded by punyamishra


"Come back soon from play,
and finish your work"
is what you hear.

Until work becomes work,
and play, play.

Play hard enough,
and play becomes work.

But, work hard enough,
and work becomes play.

And if you look hard enough,
PLAY becomes LEARN.

Now you don't need,
to hurry back from play.

GB #19

Friday, January 30, 2009

Discover


Discover
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

The scientific training, 
teaches how to discover.

The artistic training
teaches how to uncover.

The mathematician uncovers,
only to discover --
new things to uncover.

GB #18

Monday, January 26, 2009

Darpan (rotates to mirror)


Darpan (rotates to mirror)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

When you read something in Hindi,
do you turn it around in your mind,
and think it through in English?

When you speak in English,
do you think it through in Hindi,
and turn it around in your mind?

Does your mind let you see
what you really are,
when you look in the mirror?

GB #17

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Blogger


Blogger
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

I may not write very well
but still,
I do write.

I may be confused,
but still,
I do express myself.

I may not have much to say,
but still,
I do say it.

I may not think too deeply,
but still,
I do think.

I am
a Blogger.

GB #16

Ali


Ali
Originally uploaded by punyamishra


Ali said to himself:
"I'm the Greatest".
And for many,
he was 
The Greatest

What do you
tell yourself?

GB #15

Friday, January 16, 2009

Visual Wordplay


Visual Wordplay
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

A picture, they say,
is worth a thousand words.

Then what about words,
that are also pictures?

What about
Visual wordplay?



GB#14

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Anand (reflection)


Anand (reflection)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Anand.
Simple,
humble,
down-to-earth,
impassive.
A nice guy.

Aggressive.
Listens to
his opponent's
breathing,
to read
their mind.

And works his own
with lightening speed.

Anand,
chess champion.

GB #13

Smita


Smita
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

P-Smita,
A love story.

Psmita,
listened patiently,
to every story
through the night.
While the Other
dropped off.

Psmita,
flipped P over,
for ever
and ever.

Psmita,
continues to 
listen patiently --
even though
this P
is never silent.

Gb #12

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Good-Evil


Good-Evil
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Good and Evil,
black and white.

One cannot exist
without the other.

When you remove
the evil,
is good
left-over?


GB # 11

Madam-i'm-Adam


Madam-i'm-Adam
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Madam I'm Adam.
Could be the first
sentence ever spoken,
the first
palindrome.

It reads the same
front to back
and back to front.
Flip it over,
and still,
its the same.


First ever sentence,
an ambigram.

GB #10

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Teach-Learn


Teach-Learn
Originally uploaded by punyamishra


We are here
to teach what we learn,
and to learn what we teach.

We are here
to learn when we teach,
and teach when we learn.

We are here,
to give what we have,
and take what we can.

GB #9

Teach-Learn (all mixed up)


Teach-Learn (all mixed up)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Some say that
one teaches best,
what one needs to learn
the most.

Teach-Learn
Two sides
of the same coin?
Or are they,
one and the same?

GB #8

Friday, January 9, 2009

Logical


Logical
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Logical
If o looks like a,
Then a looks like o,
and conversely.
Look at the mirror g
and tell me,
what can you see?

Through the looking glass
they say,
beyond what is
logical,
you can find
the meaning of life --
the universe, everything:
The number 42.

GB #7

ADAM


ADAM
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

Madam
I'
m
Adam.
Reads the same
front to back
and back to front.
So does Madam,
I,
and
m.
And surprise,
so does
Adam.

GB #6

A-life (artificial life, spiral)


A-life (artificial life, spiral)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

A Life
Changing a little
at a time.
A slightly different
point of view,
another shift
in perspective.
A Life,
you would think,
spirals endlessly.
Its an illusion:
Its finite,
like everything else.

GB #5

A-life (artificial life) III


A-life (artificial life) III
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

A Life
black and red,
completely Square.
Looks the same
whichever way
you look at it.
Going around
a circle.
That's it?

GB #4

Punya


Punya
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

A Pun-
A bad one,
or a good 1,
is just a Pun.
You'll never know,
whether
I say what I mean, 
or I mean what I say.
A good pun, ya?

GB #3

A-life (artificial life) II


A-life (artificial life) II
Originally uploaded by punyamishra

A Life.
What a life!
It gets further
and further
from itself.
And smaller
and smaller
forever.
And dissolves into 
nothingness.

GB #2

A-life (artificial life) I


A-life (artificial life) I, originally uploaded by punyamishra.

A Life
is no life.
Turn it around
its the same.
What A Life.
From A to E,
not worth living.

GB #1