The Mother On Art and Consciousness
These selections from the book ‘Paintings and Drawings by the Mother’ highlight the deeper relation between Art and Artist’s Consciousness.
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The Art of the Future: Two Conversations of the Mother
Read Mother’s explanation of the evolutionary curve through which Art, like everything else, goes through in manifestation.
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Cheerfulness – A Tale Told by the Mother, in Animated Video
We present here an animated video featuring a tale told by the Mother on Cheerfulness. The video curation and Hindi voice-over are by Biswajita Mohapatra.
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“Temple-Tower to Heaven”, in Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri
The author explains Aswapathy’s visions of the “mountain chariot of the Gods” and “the single stair to being’s goal” connecting them to a temple tower.
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Matrimandir: An Impressionistic Picture
The author speaks of Matrimandir as the Mother’s epic. It was first published in Auroville Today in 1992, and later reprinted in Mother India, January 1993.
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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 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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