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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Scientific Analysis of Meditation
Here is an interesting snip from a documentary made for the Discovery channel.
Face Value: Indian Artists
Here are some figures from an online auction at SaffronArt.com 484BHBGRV2BY Top 15 Lots by Value Lot No Artist Name Title Winning Value (US$) Winning Value (Rs) 62 Manjit Bawa Untitled 362,250 1,66,63,500 42 Maqbool Fida Husain Untitled 294,400 1,35,42,400 67 Subodh Gupta Untitled 253,000 1,16,38,000 9 Francis Newton Souza Profile of a Woman 215,625 [...]
Local Artist – M.A. Jaffar
Here is a gallery of pics of a local artist by the name M.A. Jaffar. I like his style. If you would like to buy any of these, you can either contact me or reach Jaffar at 9029241165 or artist_ma.jafar[at] yahoo.com
Past Master – Ustad Wahid Khan
Wahid Khan was an exponent of the surbahar, the bass version of the sitar. There are 3 recordings of his in existence and this clip from the movie Jalsaghar (The Music Room) by Satyajit Ray. I suggest you use a good sound system to hear this one. Truly sublime!
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Mughal Paintings – Persian influence in India
The flow of Persian influence can be traced back to the Turkish prince Babur. Babur’s son Humayun brought along with him two master painters from Persia – Mir Sayyid Ali and Khwaja Abd al-Samad to India. On their arrival, they undertook the task of illustrating the Islamic hero – Amir Hamza. A group of around [...]
Warli Paintings
Warlis are a tribe residing in Maharashtra and Gujrat (western India). One can often find Warli paintings outside the Jehangir Art Gallery. Their art consists of white drawings made on a brown background. Artists base their composition on day-to-day activities using simple language consisting of basic shapes. They also use patterns to decorate their paintings. [...]
Film Maker – Robert Bresson
What is the role of artist in art? Some might say that art is created by the artist. There are others like Robert Bresson who think of the creativity energy in art as something external to the artist. The artist’s role is to set-up an environment where grace feels welcome. Robert Bresson is referred to [...]
Marvin Minsky on Music
Marvin Minsky is a brilliant chap from MIT. He is very well known for his book – The Society of Mind. There is a quality to his thought that makes me almost revere him. Mind you, he is also a geek; the one who finds the following joke amusing. “How many mathematicians does it take [...]
Haiku – Simple so Sublime
old pond . . . a frog leaps in water’s sound The above is an great example of a form of Japanese poetry called Haiku. This particular one was written by Matsuo Bash?. The structure of haiku is simple. In fact, the casual reader might even dismiss it. The more you read, the more you [...]
No Analysis of Meditation