I strongly believe
that the day man felt the concept
of line from a painful scratch on his body;
he was instantly drawn into a newfound world
of creativity. Discoveries of new skills led
him on an undying path of evolution from his
primitive lifestyle towards a lifestyle based
on innovation and knowledge.
New doors opened as he
discovered that an angle is formed when two lines meet.
His
exploration gave birth to shapes and geometry. He learned
to observe the world around
in terms of geometrical shapes as lines, triangles,
squares, pentagons and so on. Evolution
progressed and led man to composing the shapes, objects
and colours he had absorbed
from the world around him; thus forming the building
blocks of 'design' in a variety of
visual arts like drawing, painting, architecture and
sculpting. It was naturally understood
that 'beauty' is attained simply by following the visual
order and destroyed when the order
was disturbed.
My faith is based on ideology of 'Shiva'-the creative
force which enlightened the human
soul as recognised by seers in ancient India around
10,000 BC. This creative force which
enlightened the human soul was termed as 'Shiva' by
seers in ancient India somewhere
around 10,000 BC. Shiva is an artist’s flight
of imagination which inspires him to reach
newer heights. 'Parvati' represents the desire and ability
of an artist.
An artist driven by union of these elements creates
and presents his art as a blissful divine
experience and becomes the Sukhakarta - the Peacemaker,
the one who makes peace
by bringing a sense of order. The same design order
system of Shiva-Parvati-Ganesha
has been followed not just in visual arts, but in all
social and cultural aspects of India
for centuries where 'Ganesha' was the culmination of
this order system. 'Remover of
obstacles,' 'preserver of wisdom,' 'destroyer of sorrows'
were the manifestations of the
concept of Ganesha, later personified in idols.
