Decades ago, when we lived in Hong Kong, I used to see an advertisement for some housing project on TV every evening. Because we neither had the desire nor the resources to buy property in Hong Kong, swan-like, we disdainfully ignored the salient features of the project, but were captivated by the tagline on…
In and Out
As part of the ‘Stillnessandme’ project we decided to explore ‘Stillness’ through a painting commissioned for ‘Lahe Lahe.’ The students came with their ideas. They sketched, discussed, reflected and they wrote poems in an effort to enter and explore stillness for almost five months. The time period saw them moving deeper in, and then out,…
Photographer and selfie stick!
Santhosh, our enthusiastic photographer and selfie stick, growing taller by the day, breaking out of the cell womb Through Santosh’s eyes
The virus attack
Art experiential workshop by the Stillness Project for The High Range School Through our projects, we have been able to rekindle within the children of High Range School a genuine relationship with nature, which we believe is the only way to make them care passionately about nature and all its creatures, including humans. Although born…
Visit to ‘Dare’
Art experiential workshop by the Stillness Project for The High Range School A search for ‘value’ in contemporary society The High Range school children visited “Dare’ a school for the differently-abled, run by Tata Global Beverages in Munnar, in October 2016. For those at ‘Dare’ the joy of the journey they undertake cannot be replaced…
Creation of a DNA Helix
Art experiential workshop by the Stillness Project for The High Range School Each child identified his or her beliefs, both positive and negative, and created an artistic representation of a DNA ladder. Through this activity they also came to understand that their genes shared a long journey with their ancestors. It enabled them to understand…
The Cell and I
Creation of a Cell-womb The aim is to journey down to the skeleton of the human psyche to help reveal the core potential. Among the guided activities is a focused understanding of ones core potential by relating to qualities of a stem cell and using nature as a mirror to understand our inherent strengths. Each…
Stillness and me
I was asking myself why Stillness. May be the agitated souls of artists and writers crave for this respite. We have the stillness in cemeteries. We have stillness before the tempests. We have the stillness of deep seas. I find all of them unsettling. Also, stillness simply means you don’t move. And I am an…
Stillness and me
I go deep in Sinking in The endless fault line Digging in Brittle nerve ends Ploughing in Pointed Ragged edges Deeper still Shuttering my eyes Looking Bellowing Beneath the river of salt Stars, sparkles Glimmerings of meaning Bathing Plunging Diving in Piercing knowingness Deeper still Breathing Slowly Breathing, Breathing Murmuring Thought-lessness Droplets of quiet…
Stillness and me
‘Stillness to me is the lack of a wandering, deviating, oscillating, noisy and chaotic mind. The word makes me picture the smooth surface of a lake, when undisturbed, or the surface of the lake between two ripples. It is that smooth surface which shows you the ripples, and the same smooth surface which makes you…
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