The earth’s date with the sky
The earth’s date with the sky Years back while I was agitatedly engaged in an argument on art and life with my college mates, someone else somewhere else, wondered why he had nothing on his plate to eat, and yet another in some other corner of the world lost precious sleep over concept actualizations and […]
Shedding the skin- Surekha Sharadha
Shedding the skin I’m crowned by the macramé veil made by a friend and a brilliant multidisciplinary visual interventionist, and down to earth artist Surekha Sharada @the Sumukha gallery in Bangalore. I could see her sitting in earnest, making a loop and passing the cord from left to right, pulling it tight. Then again right […]
The Creative Experience- A Confession
THE CREATIVE EXPERIENCE- A Confession Before going into the creative experience, I thought it wise to see why one takes to writing, painting, and other forms of expression. I see that when one is incapable of living life fully, especially the kind that bombards us in this century, one finds refuge in the arts. All […]
Culture and Art
Culture and Art The nature of an artistThere’s a body, a mind and an intellect combination that exists in all human beings. An artist might understand better if I say head- heart- hand- combo. Pancha koshas- annamaya, pranamaya, manomaya, vijnanamaya, anandamaya. Our journey is to move towards the higher centers of perception and knowledge and […]
The burden of Art History
The burden of Art History Isn’t it possible that an artist is discovering an experience for the first time in himself without the crutches of prior knowledge gained from books? Living the experience is different from book knowledge. And therefore prior historical images discovered or prevalent is of no consequence to the experiencer. Why label […]
The Feminine, Globalization and Recession-
The Feminine, Globalization and Recession We have a feminine and a masculine side to us. Aggression, self assertion, production, growth oriented, competition, these are all words you could use to describe the male attributes. Co-operation, integration, networking, nurturing, forgiving, intuitive are all words that could be used to describe the feminine aspect in us. Love […]
Women’s Art
Women’s Art “Being a woman is just a matter of emphasis, and has nothing to do with the quality.”–Osho The label ‘Womens Art’ attempts to frame Art as most other labels do, though we know that art is not something that can be framed. If one may attempt yet again to label Art, it is […]
I ordered a multilayered pudding
I ordered a multilayered pudding I am a chronicler of the mind. More of a plumber or a physician than a painter. Plumbing the depths, prising out and erasing memory capsules, fixing the leaks, and relishing the taste of freedom, love, creativity, god particle…call it by whatever name, seems to be the goal. I am […]
The cycle
The cycle Everything is cyclic in nature; the sun, the earth, the moon and all other planets in the universe. The circle has always played an important symbolic role right from ancient times. It has come to signify perfection and an infinite cyclical movement is embedded in it. Tantric art has explored the bindu and […]
Journey
Journey I remember a space where I was asleep, a space where my senses were asleep, I remember a space where my senses were alive and the joy of seeing, you see the sun more clearly, you see the cloud more clearly, the mountain more clearly, more than you see your self. You are still […]
