I usually start a new painting with a sketch which I call the lullaby to the vision because whatever is there in the deep reservoirs of imagination we

are trying to summon it.

Welcome to the documentary in the Paul Waters, and I am following the Indian artist and graphic novelist Abyshek Singh in Delhi,

as he paints a picture for his new book of mythology.

Abbechek's comic books have sold more than half a million copies and have been published in Italian, Spanish, French and English.

His interpretation of Indian myth, Krishna, A Journey Within, was the first graphic novel by an Indian writer and artist to be

published in American comic book history. He grew up with the ancient myths and folk tales of India

and then studied animation film design and

began to create his own visual versions of Hindu mythology, including his graphic novels,

Pernam, stories and wisdom of the feminine divine, and

Namaha stories from the land of gods and goddesses. I fell in love with the

medium of comic books at a very early age.

Be it the comic strips, be it what my grandmother was drawing on the walls for certain

family rituals which were all about nature.

They realized what a beautiful, profound combination it is of words and images together.

Very accessible.

One of the most magical things you can do.

After being inspired by working with elephants, Abishak realized that most mythic tales concern

kings and queens and battles. He decided it was time to create a new non-human mythology for a change. He calls it the hymns of Madinie.

The word Madinie comes from the Sanskrit language of South Asia and means ancient earth, and in this mythology, traditional ideas of human heroes saving the day

do not take precedence. It is our vulnerable environment and the animals who live within it which

Abbechek put center stage.

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