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...
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...
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.
Learn how a 3-day intensive workshop at Sunlit Path with Niloy led to an immersion into the world of Dhrupad. Discover the complexity of Dhrupad and Nada Yoga - the exploration of sound and vibration. Sharpen your senses and immerse yourself in the art of sound.
Manifest Dance-film festival July 28, 2023 to July 30, 2023 https://auroapaar.org/festival/ What actually manifested there? The moving images, which emerged from latent images and are ‚brought to life‘ in their sequence of at least 24 images per second, these images of dancers, who were already at the beginning of cinematography according to their genre, these images were shown at the Dance-Film Festival Manifest from July 28 to 30, 2023 at the Alliance Française in Pondicherry. During the 2.5 days of the festival…
Many of my friends have a strong will, they are creative, they design, they do, they act, they make... They confront the world with their own will and add to it or refuse to accept it as it is. This creates creativity, change. It is the power of Shakti, the creative energy of the universe. I am different, I observe, I try to understand the world as it is. I don't want to change it, even though I see a lot of suffering and injustice, I observe, I listen...
we experience the power of consciousness through the blending of different vibrations. This text explores the constitution of consciousness in a meditative state.
This text deals with the theory of art in classical antiquity, in particular the concepts of mimesis and aisthesis and their significance for the representation of works of art. The relationships between subject, object and language are also discussed.