Swaroop

Hi friends!

Remember me!?


Hmmm, now in the final year of Residency.
Next year, around this time, I will be Swaroop R, MD, Radiation Oncology.



Then, other than studies, I am ok....

Photography is steady, though slow, and without progress

Digital art, confined to the 'past tense'


Anyways, I do now and then log on and check on my old friends and supporters, I remember all of you!

By the way,
On facebook,
I am:
www.facebook.com/profile.php?i…



See ya!

Had a 2 day holiday after a very very long time

Decided to go to Manali (250kms from Shimla)...
Reached manali at 5am on Christmas day

then, at 9am, left for Rohtang La, a high altitude mountain pass.... 4000mts above sea level


It was cool (COLD),
poor timing though!
Went there, in a sleep deprieved state, a colorie deprieved state, and then, skied on with excitement.... till HYPOXIA took hold of me!

It was strange, things started looking blurred, blackened, and UNREAL....
it made me feel like 'its all just a dream, come on, go deeper into sleep'

lucky, the euphoria didnt fool me atleast...!
I purposefully rolled on to the snow, eh, that helped, probably by improving blood return to my brain.... i returned to full consciousness!

and had a cup of warm tea (I usually avoid that!) , got energized again.... returned, with lots of pics,

lost MY BAG AND CASH AND STUFF WORTH Rs 5000 atleast!

but gained experience, which is not measurable i believe!


now, having had a taste of 'death'.... and how deceptively pleasant its 'coming' could be,,,, need I fear about the trivial?.... at all???

here! on youtube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E34PY…


A video showcasing my beautiful country!

Special thanks to my best friend Abhi, for making this video!

also, pls look at my previous video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbDoQ9…

So people, its time for some retrospection!

Hmmm, was just looking back at my own gallery.... those images i would make half a decade ago.... oh God.... I now FEEL OLD


Then, in 2005,
there was a zeal to do things,
I was young,
I was a lot less stressed
I had a lot of enthusiasm to do things


Now,
half a decade later,
I am an aging 26 yr OLD man, with graying hair (luckily not balding anymore)

Routinely seeing and interacting with people suffering from cancer,  who 'wont live for more than a few months'.... has really taken its toll on me...

The way I look at the world itself, has gradually become more nihilistic... and the 'emotional adaptations', in order to survive and remain sane inspite of all the emotional trauma an oncologist has to endure... has made me more of a 'heartless stoneman!'

Anyways,
regading art,
no longer consider myself good at gimp, photoshop, blender, terragen etc


Though I do photography, its 'not as creative as traditional or digital art'

Photography,., its more of an observational capture art...

Whereas terragen stuff... it was creativity personified


anyways,
will try to keep 'that little boy in me' alive

may be photography takes my mind off the insane work in the hospital

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbDoQ9…



Please please watch my photography!
featured by my friend in his youtube channel

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbDoQ9…

how is that!