Nilanjan:
The question on what is "distrubed mind" or for that matter what is "peaceful mind" is interesting. According to me one will have peaceful mind only when he/she is sleeping ( i tended to write 'death' but, when one is dead there is no mind to add the adjective ).
"does he wish to remain or gain in disturbance to grow in his art?" - may be yes,
i'll put it as "does he wish to remain AND gain in disturbance to grow in his art "
this is when most of the best creations have happened. An artist's mind is always busy - busy in looking at what he/she wants to see.
Images i have been working on from past 2-3 years, so called clutters, have been created at different timings and different emotions, moods, states of mind. Some have been created when others felt i was happier that day, some when i felt i was happier, some when i had agressions in my mind, some when i felt i was playful, some are created when there was nothing else to see and click. Most of it happens in the mind rather than in the field. Some took days to realize, some took moments to click, some happened without expecting what i want.
This image was created when i was not looking at the subjects you see here. I didnot want to look at those devastated trees with forest fire. I just opened the shutter while driving on the road not looking thru view finders. I didnot stop my car to click. There was sadness, there was a bit of anger, there was bit of silence, there was an urgency of meeting my personal commitments to society around me back in Bangalore, ... Too many things happened, i have created what i felt.
But, those trees are disturbed, are reaching out to sky, to touch the clouds and feel the rain.
I am sure what you see from this image is totally different than what I feel; and I know both of us need not see the same and feel the same.
My reading habit is in coma, i need to wake up, shall try reading your suggested book soon.
There is no unsuitable comment on my images, even un-parliamentary language is accepted buddy
-RD