Divine Sight – A Sonnet by Sri Aurobindo (Video)
A visualization of Sri Aurobindo’s sonnet titled Divine Sight. The seer-poet expresses here all that is seen by the seeing of the Soul.
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The Way of the Indian Artist
In the Indian vision, all Art is a medium to express the Ananda, this Eternal Delight through form. An Indian painter or sculptor seeks the pure intensities of delight as he searches for the universal beauty revealed or hidden in all creation. As he seeks perfection in the form that comes through his hand or brush, his inner being experiences a sort of enlightenment through the power of a certain “spiritually aesthetic Ananda”, reminds Sri Aurobindo.
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The Persistent Within the Transient
Read what is unique about the origin of the greatest art in India, and how it is essentially different from the Western view of artistic creation.
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The Relation of Art to Yoga – I
The Mother gives a detailed explanation of the relation between Art and Yoga. She speaks of various art forms, changing conceptions of art over time, and gives relevant examples.
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The Relation of Art to Yoga – II
In Part 2, the Mother also explains the phenomenon of mushroom art where art becomes disconnected with life and is no longer an expression of integral harmony and beauty.
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The Great Impersonal Creators and Their Living Creations
Find out what makes one a “true creator” whose living creations withstand the test of time, and explore the relation of Art and Yoga.
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Soul-realisation – The Method of Artistic Creation
Sri Aurobindo reminds us of the highest business of ancient Indian art at its greatest. The Mother explains how an artist may express the “One Divine.”
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“Creation is a misnomer; nothing in the world is created”
The author gives a broad overview of what constitutes an ideal artist as per the Indian cultural tradition. The focus is primarily on visual arts.
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Towards a New Synthesis in Artistic Process – I
Excerpts from a lecture delivered by A. B. Purani at the J J. School of Art, on February 1, 1954. focusing on the art-creation processes.
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Towards a New Synthesis in Artistic Process – II
In this part, the author focuses on the future art of humanity. He also summarises the many planes of consciousness to which an artist can ascend through yoga.
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Art as Part of the Yogic Life
Sri Aurobindo explains the right Yogic attitude one must have towards artistic pursuit in the path of integral sādhana.
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YogArt – Bringing Art and Yoga Together in Practice
YogArt is dedicated to giving practical form to the Mother’s teaching – “the discipline of Art has at its center the same principle as the discipline of Yoga”.
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The Aims of Indian Art – Part 1
Volume V, Issue 11-12Author: Ananda Coomaraswamy Editor’s Note: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy is a familiar name for every student or rasika of Indian Art. He is widely acknowledged as one of the great art historians and scholars of Indian art. Coomaraswamy was an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West. His numerous writings cover areas
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The Aims of Indian Art – Part 2
In this part, the author goes deeper into the essential purpose of art in India and also how it is different from the Western art.
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The Companion Speak – A Poetic Aspiration
A poem expressing the human being’s deepest aspiration to experience the liberation that is the soul’s essential nature.
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Power of Art – A Poet’s Call to Create Art of a New Kind
Here is a poet and a seeker of truth emphasising inviting artists to create art to help realise the earth’s destiny, a new world made of a new consciousness.
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Rasa: Its Meaning and Scope – 3
The author presents an ideal for an artist. The artist is one in whom the sattwic buddhi or the capacity for ideal sensibility predominates.
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Music and Beauty of the Whole
Rabindranath Tagore speaks of the wholeness of Music. It is the purest form of art because the music and musician are inseparable.
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Art, a Passage for Higher Life
The author summarizes a few essential points regarding the Indian vision of Culture and Art. He reminds us that the Indian view of Art arose from her integral vision of Life and Existence, which recognizes Art as an important means to refine one’s nature and prepare for a higher life, which is also the true meaning of culture.
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