Photo of the Month: Black Rocks at Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai. 

CoalWorks has a story. I used to go out to the oceanside 200 feet among the rocks at low tide at Carter Road, in Bandra West, Mumbai. One day I noticed four sticks planted in the rocks with a bird sitting on a stick. I was able to capture the image and it became the official CoalWorks logo. Going to the rocks led to a creative upward spiral. Used a Nikon Coolpix 800 and a Nikon D70 digital camera to capture images of various locales, people, abstract concepts and other experiments with light.

I spent many weeks on the rocks at low tide, meditating in the bright sun and recording the sounds of the waves lapping amongst the rocks on a mini disc player, taking pictures and experiencing the upsurge in creativity. This was the start of something very deep and was not just an exploration of images but of a deeper state of personal expression and a connection to the Spirit that lives inside us.