sufi//ned - blog » artistic http://www.sufined.com/blog this blog includes some random emotions and talks of my daily life from my original diary ;) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:07:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ideas. http://www.sufined.com/blog/2012/02/03/ideas/ http://www.sufined.com/blog/2012/02/03/ideas/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:05:23 +0000 Naved http://www.sufined.com/blog/?p=1310 Continue reading →]]>  

I recently read something very interesting by a film maker “Jim Jarmusch” and find it worth sharing, and I think this is true, an idea has to be born from somewhere.

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery – celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.” – Jim Jarmusch

What do you think about this, feel free to drop a line or two.

 

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just watched the movie “Dhobi Ghat” really nice movie and a very different story, i liked everything about it technically. from sound to camera work and acting as well. the best thing about the movie is that it inspires you creatively so much. For every serious movie lover its a must watch.
After watching this movie i am just thinking and wondering, what if this same exact movie is made in Pakistan, with same exact story line. and choosing Karachi instead of Mumbai ? just a random thought. how would people react to this.

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My heart’s desire comes to my lips as a prayer

God, make my life as one of a candle, a guiding light,

My presence would destroy the darkness of this world,

And my burning light would illuminate all space

My actions would be for my country, beautiful and admired

Just as a flower adds to the beauty of a garden

My life would be like that of a moth that loves light and flies into it!

Such would be my love for Knowledge!

I would work not but to help the poor

And to fill the lives of the lost and old with love

God, save me from the evil and wrong

And keep me on the path that is straight and righteous – (by Allama M. Iqbal)

]]> http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/12/10/read/feed/ 0 Day 96 – 105 of 365 http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/11/17/96to105/ http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/11/17/96to105/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:45:44 +0000 Naved http://www.sufined.com/blog/?p=1283 Continue reading →]]> DAY 96 of 365, 21 September 2011 “The Beautiful name of our Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h)

i remember when i bought my canon 50D i took a blurry shot of this same frame, this pretty much reminds me of that time and i remember it was the same month back then, September 2009 :)

DAY 97 of 365, 22 September 2011, “and some photograph as just crappy like this” lol

lol the most crappy photo in my 365 i believe :P

Day 98 of 365, 23 September 2011, “The Day when i received my QA privilege club card :) ”

Yeah as you can see, its the QATAR AIRWAY privilege club card :)

Day 99 of 365, 24 September 2011, “Always Manual Mode” :D

yepp always manual mode gives you the ultimate freedom and control on your photo-sessions :)

Day 100 of 365, 25th September 2011, “Coffee Time”

well nothing compares to the Coffee times that i had in Islamabad back with my best-friends :)

Day 101 of 365, 26th September 2011, “Trying to be different and Creative”

here i am at a tennis court, trying to be different and creative, was stuck in my crappy daily office life routine so thought to come out and get back to my photography passion and do it with heart as i used to do before :)

Day 102 of 365, 27th September 2011, “Nothing Special”

as the title suggests, nothing special, was having bad patch and i really wanted to get out of it..

Day 103 of 365, 28th September 2011, “That Mystical door in the middle of the Town”

yes!!! i love such shoots, where you play with the buildings around you :D its fun, like here even in the dark night i manage to grab this beautiful and a story teller frame :)

Day 104 of 365, 29 September 2011, “Its a love pattern”

Guitar’s fretboard is actually a love-board ;-)

Day 105 of 365, 30th September 2011, “Dasth-e-Tanhaye” (in English, The Tale of Loneliness)

OOKAY,, this photograph was taken with my best buddy Umair, who is himself a photographer, designer, videographer and music produce or to sum it up in one WORD, then lets call him an “Artist” :) photographs from this point are more creative and awesome just cuz i teamed up with him :)

]]> http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/11/17/96to105/feed/ 2 DAY 88 – 95 of 365 http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/11/12/day8895/ http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/11/12/day8895/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:32:51 +0000 Naved http://www.sufined.com/blog/?p=1280 Continue reading →]]> DAY 88 of 365, September 13th – 2011 “My Lonely PS3″

this photograph is about my Lonely PS3 which is only used for movies and TV shows these days, i hope that i will use it again for gaming :)

DAY 89 of 365, September 14th – 2011 “Ims-e-Ali R.A”

about the beauty of Hazrat Ali R.A name :)

DAY 90 of 365, September 15th – 2011, “Abstract Point of View”

taken this in building from the top floor, during our Graduation Party from Aptech – Qatar

DAY 91 of 365, September 16th – 2011, “The back View”

showing the back view from the back mirror :)

DAY 92 of 365, September 17th – 2011, “Light is everywhere, but where you are”

Its about the sufi thought in which light is used as a metaphor for GOD :)

DAY 93 of 365, September 18th – 2011, “I Draw Monsters when i am bored in Office :D ”

as you can see its all about my drawing :P

DAY 94 of 365, September 19th – 2011, “The Aspire Zone”

so i finally thought to get out and do something more creative with my project :)

DAY 95 of 365, September 20th – 2011, “For All Book Lovers, Get this NOW “Kahe-Faqir by Sarfaraz A. Shah”

a very nicely and beautiful crafted book for all Sufism fanatics and for those who want to know more about this beautiful life track, a must read i must say :)

well this is it for today i wanted to post till hundred but the next picture is a very beautiful name which i dont want to end here in the end so will start with that picture in my next post :)

stay awesome ;)

]]> http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/11/12/day8895/feed/ 0 DAY 78 – 87 of 365 (365 DAYS PROJECT) http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/10/21/day-78-87-of-365-365-days-project/ http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/10/21/day-78-87-of-365-365-days-project/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:11:32 +0000 Naved http://www.sufined.com/blog/?p=1274 Continue reading →]]> hello friends :) i am so sorry for not updating the blog , but i m trying to catch up again, was very busy in other stuff and during all this time i did a huge mistake of putting wrong numbers on my photographs :P lol , anyways for now enjoy DAY 78 till 87, will post more with details inshallah :)

cheers enjoy

DAY 78 of 365 3rd September 2011

DAY 79 of 365, 4th September 2011

DAY 80 of 365, 5th September 2011

DAY 81 of 365, 6th September – 2011

DAy 82 of 365, 7th September – 2011

DAY 83 of 365, 8th September – 2011

DAY 84 of 365, 9th September – 2011

DAY 85 of 365, 10th September – 2011

DAY 86 of 365, 11th September – 2011

DAY 87 of 365, 12th September – 2011

]]> http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/10/21/day-78-87-of-365-365-days-project/feed/ 0 cloud http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/10/07/cloud/ http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/10/07/cloud/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:04:51 +0000 Naved http://www.sufined.com/blog/?p=1271 Continue reading →]]> you say that  I am an artist, a poet may be a painter or a musician. I am neither artist, nor a poet i am just plain nothing. I have spent my days writing, painting, longing and playing, but i am not in accord with my nights and days. I am a cloud.

A cloud that mignles with objects, but never becomes united with them. I am cloud, and in the cloud is my solitude, my loneliness, my hunger, my thirst, my longing for a soul. i long to hear someone say, “You are not alone in this world but we are two together, and i know who you are.”

… tell me, is there any other person over there capable of and willing to say to me, “I am another cloud, lets us spread ourselves over the mountains and in the valleys: let us walk between and above the trees, let us cover the high rocks, let us penetrate the heart of the human race, let us roam the unknown and the fortified distant places.”

yes i can hear you . yeah i can.

]]> http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/10/07/cloud/feed/ 0 Day 76 and 77 of 365 (365 Days Project) http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/09/03/day-76-and-77-of-365-365-days-project/ http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/09/03/day-76-and-77-of-365-365-days-project/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:40:34 +0000 Naved http://www.sufined.com/blog/?p=1269 Continue reading →]]> Day 76 of 365 September 1st – 2011 “Wish you were here with me”

Day 77 of 365 September 2nd – 2011 “a car to whom speed meant freedom of the soul.
the question is not when they’re gonna stop, but who’s gonna stop ‘em”.

]]> http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/09/03/day-76-and-77-of-365-365-days-project/feed/ 0 Day 61 to Day 75 of 365 Days (365 Days Project) http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/09/02/1259/ http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/09/02/1259/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:39:41 +0000 Naved http://www.sufined.com/blog/?p=1259 Continue reading →]]> Day 61 of 365, August 17th – 2011 “Its very cold inside”

 

Day 62 of 365, August 18th – 2011 “that moment when you miss someone”

 

Day 63 of 365, August 19th – 2011 “Trying Kinetic Photography with my Cell Phone”

 

Day 64A of 365, August 20th – 2011 “Good Morning Ocean, i have a message for you”

Day 64B, “the message of joy and love”

 

Day 64C, “you are the beauty that lives in my eyes, the longing in my heart, the everlasting life in my soul, you are, we are, ONE – had it not been for my being, YOU would not have been”

 

Day 65 of 365, August 21st – 2011 “In Love with the skies and Clouds”

 

Day 66 of 365, August 22nd – 2011 “Its all Inside of Us, Good or Bad, Dark or Light”

 

Day 67 of 365, August 23rd – 2011 “Freedom of Soul”

 

Day 68 of 365, August 24th – 2011 “Rules, No rules”

 

Day 69 of 365, August 25th – 2011 “End of a Great Era”

 

Day 70 of 365, August 26th – 2011. “The Goldfield Quran at the night of Light and Peace”

 

Day 71 of 365, August 27th – 2011 “Urban Life”

 

Day 72 of 365, August 28th – 2011. “CrossRoads”

 

Day 73 of 365, August 29th – 2011. “Qmedia Puts up a Huge Board”

 

Day 74 of 365, August 30th – 2011. “Eid Mubarak”

 

Day 75 of 365, August 31st – 2011. “And with Eid comes the rush of Traffic”

thats all for now folks, i am catching up pretty quickly :D

]]> http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/09/02/1259/feed/ 0 Day 47 – 60 of 365 (365 Days Project) http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/09/01/day-47-60-of-365-365-days-project/ http://www.sufined.com/blog/2011/09/01/day-47-60-of-365-365-days-project/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:50:37 +0000 Naved http://www.sufined.com/blog/?p=1255 Continue reading →]]> Hello Friends, its been way too long since i posted something on my blog and specially about my 365 Project, well its pretty going very fine, its just that cuz of heat i am not able to do outdoors but soon as the weather is changing will put up some outdoors as well :) for now enjoy this post and Belated Eid Mubarak as well :)

Day 47 of 365 “you are the light of my eyes” August 3rd – 2011

Day 48 of 365 “Experimenting with some food photography using natural Light” August 4th – 2011

Day 49 of 365 “some days are just lazy like that” August 5th – 2011

Day 50 of 365 “I celebrate it with you my Love” August 6th – 2011

Day 51 of 365 “Welcoming a new member to my Canon Family” August 7th – 2011

Day 52 of 365 “Oranges again, as i cant get enough of em” August 8th – 2011

Day 53 of 365 “”ALI” his glorious name it self explains alot !!” August 9th – 2011

Day 54 of 365 “Qatar Night Life” August 10th – 2011

Junoon, Day 55 of 365, August 11th – 2011 | , one of the biggest band that Pakistan has ever seen, i was just going through some of my old collections and found this !!! ooh my … flood of memories of all those teenage years, when we were young wild and Junoonies !! pheww.. as Junoon is celebrating 20 Years of Passion i thought to put up something as well.

Day 56 of 365, August 12th – 2011 “Stepping into the world Advertising and Design again :)

Day 57 of 365, August 13th – 2011 “Angry Bird In FULL action :D ”

Day 58 of 365, August 14th – 2011 ” Happy Birthday Pakistan, Missing Home ”

Day 59 of 365, August 15th – 2011 “Flying Hearts on Your Birthday :)

Day 60 0f 365, August 16th – 2011 “For the Love of Books”

thats all for now :) stay tune for more updates and some other blog posts as well :)

cheers

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