BRAINSTORMING NATURE Farooq J. Mian 2016-2017
About this collection: While humans debate over weather keeping nature alive is important or not, we must realize that along this delayed decision making and lack of importance for the subject we are losing a lot of these beautiful, sublime and picturesque natural biomes. I would say its negligence. What humans forget is that nature has laws. These laws will prevail and without human knowing all the weaker species will be gone. Those that didn’t survive the rise of humans. “It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent upon each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us. These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with reproduction; Inheritance which is almost implied by reproduction; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse; a Ratio of Increase so high as to lead to a Struggle for Life, and as a consequence to Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of less improved forms. Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows.” -Charles Darwin’s closing words to Origin of SpeciesThrough this collection I built crossroads between classic scientific knowledge and post-modern environment. I also tried to render aesthetic value to arcane scientific concepts and make biological concepts comprehensible for those who have little grasp over the subject. I want observers to ponder, read and contemplate the subject until they realize the innate ability to evolve. As an evolved urban human, my eye is always caught by words and moving things mostly animals. In any given environment these usually are the focus of main attention. So through my work I wanted to mix the two and create something which causes visual and conceptual contrast “Brainstorm on nature” is an impression of animals floating in the storm of debate. Each piece in the collection describes a certain law in nature. And the debate surrounding it are the words of naturalists, contemporary lyrics, dialogues, poetry, conversations and roman urdu translations.
Climb up the ladder boy, I want your sweet sweet loving baby The age of clicks is going out, transformation in solitary sign Learn how to stand on your own, cant take my eyes off myself Reverse feathers and bent necks form hoods and shape Take me out tonight on a double decker bus Get yourselves up and dont fall back, raise your hands We are truly happy when day dreaming about future My little foreigner friend That dream is possible all the way ladies Chewing bubblegum and forget insults Painting over the ugly Time for change There goes my feet again The sunny days go by Begger for words Before I go Awein angraizi mari hui hai We’ll find a way Lying on my bed
Outwit, outplay, outlast Could I breathe more? Never danced like this before Maybe everyone is smart as fack/ not as smart Its been a long day Filling the empty pieces Pop the thought bubble Changed conditions of life are important in variability The sound of music flows in every breath Thinking about condition of life again Alarms ringing Moment of time Lights will guide you home Snap back to reality console Intrinsic joy of discovery lead the way to unexplored realms of this universe Warior queen Okay Soya Farooq 16
Variation under Domestication 40 x 30 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Variation under nature 40� x 28� Ink on card
On one side, Nature’s splendour on the other the wonders of man
There are lyrics of love in every cave tales of love abound
It has rendered me senseless this ubiquitous blinding light
There lies quietly in every cave a music of lights
Nay this is not Bamyan this is Mount Sanai
The desolate and forgotton land abode of my ancestors is this
Hither the wonders of nature hither the madness of man
In the quest of this ruined world in quest of the Pashtuns glory
Since both are admant what a magic have they wrought
In quest of the doomed epoch in quest of my martyred love
Wherever your view extends mountains, nay there are flowers
I cry and keep crying from my heart it sets me ablaze when I look at it
Each mountain is a river of colours not one, but many thousands
(Bamyan - Ghani Khan)
And yonder is the tale of Adams love and his faith
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Variation under Nature 40 x 30 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Yaar bhai aik jora tou kara dena pleassse Perhaps this will relax you, Blow whistle We are talking about something very innate Strategies for survival Speed Camouflage Constant battle of wits Solving crossroads Jessica Amy Billy Next time next level Nirvana Otter Jasmine you are free to go Exoskeleton Mayonese New owner of cats Do you feel the buzz or its me alone feeling it Be the one Keep goodies skate openness Eliminate gleam Digital team effort Super abundance of food Parasite and prey Bound together, Complex relation, high expectation Links Obligate Facultate symbiotic allies Periodical change seasons keep checked Come on down to south park meet some friends of mine Argument got out of control today Farooq 2016
Struggle for existance 28 x 40 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Ability of organism to resist certain toxin by action of antibodies Stronger swifter faster resistance Thank you great Khan Calculated statistic Video games, Alternative realities Shining episode Sound of viola fills the spring air Extreme conditions of weather make survival very difficult Farooq 2016
I choose you bulbasaur Philosopher found soul/pain Thus spoke Zarathustra Blind bats in cave Hang on Slice, Snipe, Spice, Sahib, Sales Sound watch Feels like home Super girl fly high Running birds Constant ice Changing try Principal sir Hairy fast car Crossdress Teenager Bright Tiger claw Edge Bite Get Set Act, run, vain, join, silt, moon, tilt, vape, burn, chill, song A kid lost cloth found peace within himself Corner sail Jeo Sa re ga ma pa da ni sa 90 Sleek, impact, ending, height, reach, leaves, facet, brexit, tailor, custom, signs Farooq
Survival of the fittest 14 x 40 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Use and Disuse of Organs 14 x 40 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Need you by my side to bring me back to reality now White cats with blue eyes cannot hear and are mostly deaf Grammar nazi are trying to find error in written sentences Shades of red Do we learn how to stand on own dancing feet Sweet Mere neechay ooper flyover We can beat sunr23 Winged seeds/ Blue collar never found in closed fruits Flap across tides, close to surface At bottom of ocean, found in liquid dreams One thing that got trippin, Stuck volatile dreams Towards the end finding places Farooq 16
Correlated Variation 40 x 14 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Materials empty spaces spellings tonight Filling up the right word Cant remerr the right word you finding Have you found the word you looking Chilly wind blows in the dark hallway Dogs and cats know love more than human You and me are too faint hearted Habit of growing in special weathers Many succulent plants die in damp climate Only one spot remain till final wonder There is more to it all than our lives on earth/words Winter is coming Visual is the stronger sound/voice Sleeping wonder rubber anyone ice Because phoenix cover nice solo rap Farooq 16
Acclimatisation 28 x 28 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Imperfection of geological record 28 x 40 x 1 in Ink on card 2017
Tan Transform Sinewave Optimus Sufiiism Jadoo, mystic, alohomora, obliviate, expelliarmus, wingardium leviosa Magic changed my life, people have magical power Wizard spell Curious contrivance of mass of pollen grains borne on foot stalk with adhesive glands not seen elsewhere. Cluster joint Impossible process of developing Achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, achaw, acha
Electric spark of acetylcholine in human nervous system Do you believe/have faith in life of love, freedom & play Joy home Access, limit your range enabled , you can use smart locations proxy, to have zenmate, hidden browse, our data is transmitted unsecure Structure of eye similar in vertebrates/cephelopods Problem/difficulty of the theory, Luminous organ Flight on point, summer special, believing to feeling partially/a little nervous, never sung to an audience this big Increase in wage, class gap diminishing, middle class stagnant wage levels, rise in costs, capital Mambo Jumbo Rumbo Number Five Farooq 2016
Organs of extreme perfection 40 x 28 x x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Here we go Geeks doing what geeks know/do What is new scenario nigga Its work already done makes it embarrassed Actions performed by young without experience In spirit of music go ahead make some noise Why or how Significant spark rise high above Confiscate happiness without substance Dont forget Metal clay minerals petroleum magma gravity Little something I perfected this morninga Make good, Make hell, Make sense/shift, Make money/time The quantity we produce is beyond consumption The world is growing agressively worse Farooq 16
Jabbillat (Instinct) 28 x 28 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Jabbillat II 28 x 28 x 1 in Ink on card 2017
The sound of his name could COULD silence my daemon Barbell, Plate, Dumbell, Set, Personal best, Spin, Tempo Cables, Free weights, Reps, Smite machine, Recovery Low fluctuating asymmetry males have more sex Autoerotic asphyxiation, Hentai, Gonzo, Full Nelson Merkin, Tummy stickks, Podophilia, Double penetrate Stranger on the rocks. Pigroast, Reverse titties fuck Condualism, Femdom, Three eyed turtle Faith is the knowledge of heart (without proof) Touch has a memory Face powder, Eye liner, Fake eyelash, Lipstick Bronzer, Concealer, Nail polish, Blush, Foundation Setting Spray, Mascara Soul is born old but grows young, thats the comedy of life Body is born young but grows old, thats the tragedy of life Harmonize Neotenous The sound of her song could COULD sizzle my imagination Jinsi Chunao (Sexual Selection) 40 x 28 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
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Lack of Geological Succession 40 x 28 x 1 in Ink on card 2017
Nature is supposed to be consumed by nature Our universe is not just described by math, it is Math Last glacial maximum was 13000 years ago Followed by Holocene geological epoch Continental drift Biological jigsaw puzzle South Americas next top mode; As the procphecies fortold the baby walks Chuck works on sales yeah Africa Unite Afri Africa Unite Africa Unite because we are we are moving right out of babylon Stan you honey sucking bee I just cant be for you You know I gotta be true to what I have but Pollination is bigger than me and you Going to destination fucked Migration Modification Multiply Back to the age of Gondwana Four legs good two legs bad Prey becomes predetor Geographical Distribution 40 x 28 x 1 in Ink on card 2017
Farooq 2017
Rarity is a precursor to extinction geology tells Healthy imagination can reconstruct this world of misery Jub k tujh bin nahi koi mojood phir yeh hangama kia hai Complicated laws of inheritance Higher than myself, Infinity beyond, Impurity cleansing Reality bending, Strength craft Zabardasti koi nahi, Improvement hamesha Power struggle, Careless mistake Eyesight of hawk, Opportunity everywhere Purple plums inked Bombardment of words Think whenever and wherever Salam dua kertay aaj subha shaam guzar jai Khwaab aja abho Neend aja kabho Wake up
Natural Selection 40 x 30 x 1 in Ink on card 2016
Sun zara, jag sara so gaya hai Human intellect is natures self criticism Bus gol gol ghoom, sari raat jhoom, yeh dil k rastay hain dost Take me out in the city lights would you please Palta hai beej ko mitti ki taariki mei kon Khudaya kon kon Brainstorm Great fortune Great game is worth playing/ terrifying Pop culture, Graffiti walls, Rave night, Collage If I have to make a choice between you and him I will choose myself Preservation of favorable individual differences and variables There will be no trial, I confess of mt depravity, arrogance and sin Nothing lasts forever, I wont be around, my words will live I feel my beating heart, you make me feel like Im alive again Farooq 16
How I came up with this collection: In late 2015, I decided to practice my double contour drawing skills on more bold and larger surfaces. I wanted to test myself with a side project which ended up consuming 1500 hours from my years. I was told that Im a naturalist by my thesis supervisor. I was magically drawn to the subject. And all my stories ended up relating to the subjects of natural aesthetics and their misjudgment. My other favorite subject is semantics. Finding new words and reading was a habit I learned from my elder siblings. I tried to merge these concepts and create a contrast between universal laws and spoken word, color and mono, straight and curved, solid and flow, loose and connected.
Farooq Jamil Mian
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