Tag: Perception

World as Will

Many of my friends have a strong will, they are creative, create, make, act, do… They confront the world with their own will and add themselves or refuse to accept it as it is. This generates creativity, change. It is the power of Shakti, the creative energy of the universe. I am different, I observe, 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…

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What May Art Do?

Here in Auroville, the people in charge of Bharat Nivas recently removed a play from the program. The reason given was that some in the community had taken offense at it, even before it was performed. This raises questions. What may art do, when is a ban justified? Bound up with this, of course, is the question: what is the task of art, what should art do? The question invites reflection on the role of art in general, here in…

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House

Art begins not with flesh but with the house. (Deleuze)   I now practice meditation. It took a long time to admit this to myself. Somehow I had always done it, only I did not know it. Like most people, I have phases in which I look inward, or concentrate contemplatively on something, phases in which I try to calm my mind, or find out what this I within me actually is, phases in which I try to understand what…

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