So, as I mentioned before. This was a first attempt at vector illustration. :)
Some Images from the new book on Parvati in a new style. :)
Shiva Burning Kamadeva with his third eye
Kartikeya
Source
Ge' means the source and is a retelling of the Mayan Creation myth- The popul vuh.
Part of a project done on comparitive creation mythology by Shilo Shiv Suleman and Nikita Jain for the Kalpaneya Yatre. It was done over a span of 7 days.
The track is 'Copal Offering' by Xavier Quijas Yxayotl
You can see more from the project here -http://storiesandstars.blogspot.com/p/process.html
Seeking the Beloved (is Seeing the Beloved)
Beloved.
Be.Loved
Be Love
and Let Love be
Some samplings for the Kabir Project.
I'm working on their next cd+book on Mystic Traditions in Kutch.
Though the Kabir project has previously worked primarily around the poetry of Kabir,
A new venture into the work of another 16th century poet- Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
has just begun. :)
Bhitai's words are daggers. are occupying armies.
he leaves no room for sugar-coated-sweet-nothings.
what to do with these eyes?
falling in love
without asking me?
i am trapped
no retreat for me
these eyes
brimming with tears
clashing like monsoon clouds
such a heavy downpour
these eyes
crisscross paths
ever since they fell in love
now quarrelling
now making up
hold a steady inward gaze
swim contrary to the world’s ways
choose to go upstream
while others float downstream
Or
I pray
for the dagger
to be blunt
let it linger
a little bit longer
in the beloved’s hand
---
if you want love
go to the tavern
cut the head
place it in the barrel
drink brave one
drown in the draught
this lethal drink is cheap
in exchange for the head
Bhitai often juxtaposes Love and Death.
And this is not the physical death he talks of..but the death of the Ego (cutting off your head)
as being the beginning of Limitless Love.
Some of me photographs from Kutch
these are the Waee singers who sing Bhitai.
They're the last three singers of this tradition left in India.
'Waee' means an intense "pukar" or Immense calling/cry to the source.
And then there are the women of that region.
Bhitai's poetry is based primarily around the 'Seven Queens'
Seven Love legends from the region of Sindh.
He uses these beautiful folk-tales as metaphors for Divine Love.
Each of these women become the protagonists of his poetry.
Tragic as these Love Legends may seem- The queens of these legends are trapped in fortresses, swallowed by rivers, turned to stone only to realize that their Beloved is not some distant thing projected far into space and time.
But their beloved resides within their own bodies.
Waves in his forehead. :)
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