New Spirits – Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness exists only in connection with other consciousness
I am slowly penetrating a little deeper into superficiality. Concepts I have taken in from various systems of knowledge, such as the Vedas, Agamas, Shastras, are slowly connecting. I see rough root systems. For example, how the 5 elements (water, fire, earth, ether and air), as a starting point in the teachings of the Vedas, develop further in Vastu or Ayurveda, that is, into space and the body. I see how various systems of knowledge intertwine in the temple and…
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Yesterday, during a panel discussion at the India Art Fair, I heard someone quote Plato. She said Plato said art was the reflection of the reflection of the Real. Whether this is correct in such an abbreviated form can remain an open question for now. It is an interesting thought. What is the Real, what is a reflection, what is art? For Plato, there is the world of Ideas, the world of shadows that the ignorant person in the cave…
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Yesterday I had a long conversation about the origin of thought. What comes first, the words or the thoughts? Of course there are very different forms of thinking. A 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 kinds of thinking. What is thinking? Who is thinking when thinking? How is it different from consciousness? Much within my consciousness is…
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One Year in Auroville: An evocative account of transformation and the search for spirituality in India. Learn more about the adventure and the significance of consciousness. #India #Spirituality
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Experience the world of Dhrupad, a complex and meditative sound art. Explore the connection between vibration, consciousness, and music in Nada Yoga. Discover the ancient tradition of Dhrupad, the original form of classical Indian music.
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But Hitler did build highways! I hear this more and more often lately. It is difficult to go on talking at this point, because a certain argument that I find very important is quite complex and is rejected by people who want to relativize fascism and the Holocaust. The argument, prompted by Adorno, is: after Auschwitz, no more poems can be written. In rough outline, it goes like this: The scale of the horror of the Holocaust is so great…
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Karl Marx and Charles Darwin shaped the worldview of the twentieth century. But in India a movement emerged that freed itself from colonial shackles and revived the wisdom of Indian philosophy.
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This text is about art theory in classical antiquity, particularly 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.
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