‘What is art?–Why do I paint?–came to me much later. If I think that the urge came from within, then where did this urge come from?…’ An intensely private practitioner, Ganesh Haloi, working predominantly in the delicate hues of gouache, water colour and tempera, has charted out of a distinctive space for himself in the Indian Art scene–with his abstract landscapes pierced with linear signs and interventions. In his ‘musings’, he unveils for the first time the mind in flow in the creative trip.