When the muse guides you…

Ashwin Shanker
2 min readApr 15, 2020
Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric

Stop staring at the blank paper,
I am right here.
Draw the first few strokes already,
There is no need to fear.

Start with my face, the oval outline,
C’mon, go ahead you will get it right.
You might have to curve it up a little,
When you continue along my right.

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Ashwin Shanker

Ashwin Shanker is a writer, mindfulness practitioner and an ad man. He has been published in The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Times of India & Your Story.