Perumukkal
Superficiality
I am slowly delving a little deeper into superficiality. Concepts I have absorbed from various knowledge systems like the Vedas, Agamas, and Shastras are slowly connecting. I see broad root systems. For example, how the 5 elements (water, fire, earth, ether, and air) as a starting point in the teachings of the Vedas further develop in Vastu or Ayurveda, thus into space and the body. I see how various knowledge systems intertwine in the temple, and how this is still reflected in contemporary art practice today...
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Harappan Valley
Harappan Valey
The real
Yesterday, during a panel discussion at the India Art Fair, I heard someone quote Plato. She said that Plato said art is the reflection of the reflection of the real. Whether that is accurate in this shortened form is another question. It's an interesting thought. What is the real, what is a reflection, what is art? For Plato, there is the world of Forms, the world of shadows that the ignorant perceive as real in the cave, and the philosopher who guides them out...
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Shavasana
I am fascinated by the synchronicities here in Auroville. The mental, intellectual, spiritual, physical, and emotional spaces that intertwine here often do so over several days, seemingly effortlessly, intuitively, easily. I was exhausted. A friend had left his body, as they say here. The community had provided support for over a month, many had grown closer. In a small circle, the death ceremony Karumadhi was held, a specific type of puja on the 16th day when the soul leaves this world. For a few weeks...
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Gingee
In the beginning was the word
Yesterday I had a long conversation about the origin of thought. What comes first, words or thoughts. There are, of course, very different forms of thinking. Visual, musical, analytical, synthetic, performative thinking, etc... There is thinking on the level of intuition, there is thinking in memory, there is vision and inspiration. There are so many types of thinking. What is thinking? Who thinks when thinking? How does it differ from consciousness? Much within my...
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One year of Auroville
A year in Auroville: a powerful account of transformation and the search for spirituality in India. Learn more about the adventure and the meaning of consciousness. #India #Spirituality
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The West as a foreigner
It is so beautiful and also so sad to live in a world that understands the West as alien. I am increasingly adopting this perspective and no longer understand many things. The obsession with career, comfort, security, prosperity, correctness, self-righteousness, know-it-all attitudes, arrogance, ignorance, and intolerance. All of this is becoming evident, it's practically obvious. I was sick for a few days, and as many people do then, I also watched movies, nothing inspiring. Trashy series. I have this...
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The process of becoming in Deleuze's thinking: sensations, sensory impressions and reflection
The German word „werden“ has a causal meaning, while „becoming“ in English represents the development of a process. Recognizing differences is important, especially in postmodern thought. Gilles Deleuze describes how sensations are united in a reflection, similar to a distant light. The world of „werdens“ is about consciousness, sensory impressions, and change.
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Conversations with the AI
Recently, I stumbled upon David Hume again. I remember how intense studying his writings was in Heidelberg. We really delved deep into the text there, very meticulously and systematically. It was the opposite of those Anglo-American intellectual history lectures. So, I came across Hume's concept of taste as the core of his ‚aesthetic’ theory. I thought of Rasa and began a conversation with the AI. Larger contexts became clear to me, lines I had never seen before. However, I was a bit...
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