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In a world saturated with color and noise, sometimes the deepest stories are told in black ink and silence.
These pen sketches are not just drawings; they are meditations—each line a whisper, each shadow a secret. They don’t scream for attention, yet they pull you in, slowly, deliberately, like a song you didn’t know you needed.
The first piece, titled "Dubai Transit", captures a traveler deep in thought—perhaps waiting, perhaps remembering. The crosshatching carves out not just form but emotion. You feel the stillness. You hear the quiet hum of a distant announcement. You almost want to ask the figure what they’re reading… or what they’re escaping.
Then we meet the next portrait: a young soul, eyes heavy with thought, fingers cradling the face in a moment of internal echo. The pose speaks of reflection—those heavy silences that sometimes follow a long conversation with oneself. Notice how the lines bend around the figure like a ripple—there is energy in this stillness.
And finally, the last figure—caught in motion, or perhaps in prayer. A pen lies on the page, resting where the heart would be. It’s a perfect metaphor. The artist’s heart is in the pen. The vertical hatching around the figure feels like an aura, or a veil, or even a visual hush.
What makes these works truly compelling is not just the mastery of line, but the restraint. The negative space speaks louder than detail. These sketches feel unfinished on purpose—because life, too, is unfinished, and always in motion.
This is a reminder to artists and observers alike: there’s power in the pause, beauty in the incomplete, and depth in the simplest tools.
If you ever wondered whether a ballpoint pen could capture the human soul, these works offer a quiet but resounding “yes.”
