I
would like you to have a little think of when you had a holiday that was one
of your best ones in the past few years. My summer holiday of 2014 was just
fabulous. Not just because I went with my family to the Gold Coast but also because
I could do some of the things that I wanted to do for ages.
Painting is my
passion but I had lost it for years together. I remember as a child when I was
in my Primary and Secondary school, I used to paint a picture after my Final
exams. In my days of schooling we had to sit an exam at the end of the year for
each subject and were promoted to another class only if we had passed them. It
required a lot of burning of the back because it was an expectation in the
family for every child to pass with good grades. So holidays after the final
exams were always very special. It was in each holiday, after my exams that I
had painted a picture. My Mum is a very creative lady and had encouraged me to
keep my hobby alive for years together. She still has kept a collection of my
paintings very safely in a folder. Some of them hang around the walls of her
house even though they look old and aged. Painting has always been my way of
winding down. I found this lost solace these holidays when I painted.
The
name of my painting is ‘Creation’ and measures 300 cms x 45 cms
In
the Ayurvedas and as in many cultures
there is a belief that human beings are made of 5 elements. They are Water,
Earth, Fire, Air and Ether. Ether is referred to the Sky as it is full of
sounds. When all these elements come together in equal proportions, creation
happens. This was the theme of my painting.
The
five elements are represented by the 5 circles, green for Earth, yellow ochre
for Fire, blue for Water and white for Air. The big gold circle with the symbol
of ‘Aum’ represents sound or Ether. The middle of the painting shows the mixing
of all the elements. And then the Creation happens which is depicted in the top
three quarters of the panel. The colours
of the creation are gold and red and silver because creation in it’s purest
form is beautiful.
Each day as look at it, I feel spiritually connected. In some way I feel that the
painting represents the new beginning for me as I am able to connect to the
passion that was left behind years ago.
Thank
you for reading this post!
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