“A Man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

”
Mahatma Gandhi
I have chosen this quotation of Gandhi because I believe in it. I can relate and
reflect upon the statement for I know that I am aware that my thoughts mold me to
become this kind of person. That proves me that I am a product of my thoughts because
it manifest my personality, actions/behavior. My artwork shows how that schemes work.

The quotation “A Man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he

becomes” explains that a man can be described by the kind of thoughts he choose.
Thoughts can be either positive or negative. It can be good or bad, happy or sad. Since
he thinks about it, he attracts it into his life. For example, when a child is dreaming what
he wants to become when he grows up. Surely he will think first what he really wants to
become where it doesn’t just suddenly come there. Of course his actions in the very
moment will be appropriate to his thoughts in order to manifest his desires. Our actions
must be compatible with our thoughts as how we think and visualize it. If you want to
become a basketball player in the future, you must not practice soccer now. If we want
to become rich someday, we should not be lazy in the present moment.

In a modern sense, this system of attracting things in our lives by the use of
thoughts is called “The Law of Attraction” in which case, it is somehow pretty much
been scientifically proven at this point. It says that "Every thought vibrates, every
thought radiates a signal, and every thought attracts a matching signal back. We call
that process the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction says: That which is like unto
itself is drawn. And so, you might see the powerful Law of Attraction as a sort of
Universal Manager that sees to it that all thoughts that match one another line up."
(From Esther & Jerry Hicks) This explains that through our thoughts, we should send
the same frequency and vibration to the universe to attract it. If we want love and
abundance, we should send the same frequency as love and abundance through our
thoughts.

But in Gandhi’s philosophical insight, it pertains to man’s nature. The basic and
most fundamental aspect of individual to improve and develop himself is a way in order
to become a better person. In this way, we can preserve humanity, through peace, love
and harmony where we must find it first within ourselves to spread it. That is how I
understand his statement if I am to consider Gandhi’s background -the preeminent
leader and freedom fighter of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing
nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired
movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
 As I understand the quotation, it explains that the kind of thoughts that runs in his
mind will manifest him and his identity. If he only thinks nothing but goodness, he is a
good and a virtuous person. It is said that “thoughts became words, words became
actions, and actions became our destiny.” So everything that we think will define who
we are. That’s why we must not judge others because what we think about them doesn’t
prove who they are but it defines who we are. It is a very good example to help
ourselves to become a better person and accord with the harmony and peace with each
other.

The illustration I’ve drawn explains the quotation I’ve chosen. The image how her
thoughts molds her into a beautiful being shows the manifestation of beauty. The colors
symbolize how its beauty affects the appearance of the woman. The image is somehow
broad & abstractly presented symbolizing an absorbent being that manifests the beauty
of her surroundings. It is because of her pure thoughts that actualize those beauties.

But I’ve decided to draw it that way not ordinarily and only to explain the
relevance of my drawing to the quotation I’ve chosen but it is a representation of my
being. It depicts my personality. My mind abode happiness and beauty which best
describes me. The colorful art pertains to my happiness and the artistic manner of its
design pertains to my inward beauty. Happiness abodes in me, it is a choice and can be
find within me. People tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting
something they don’t have. We must always be contented and appreciate what we
have. The beauty of my illustration shows how the beauty abodes in me for I am the
kind of person that can see the beauty in everyone and in everything. I can say that I
am a beautiful human being but I cannot draw a beautiful human being that’s why I just
draw a face in my illustration and color it abstractly. But the artwork looks beautiful too,
in its own way. We need to realize that in life, everything has its beauty, in its own way;
everything has its purpose and God has made nothing useless in this world, everything
happens for a reason.

So I always think positively in every situation, that’s why mind is clean and pure
and so with my heart. We should not waste millions of our thoughts to think negatively.
All is well, all is beautiful. Everything has its own purpose in life. Be the man you want
to become, for our destiny depends in the predominant thoughts that we keep on
visualizing.