Friday, February 26, 2010

Essential nature of Indian Art


Satyam-Sivam-Sundaram
We are obsessed with truth and essential nature of things:
Satyamevajayate is our national motto
as against,’In God we trust’ of the Americans or , for that matter “God save the King” of the Brits and allahu akbar of Islam.
An Indian artist is eternally teased by endless questions viz.
What is dharma? What is ahimsa? What is truth?
What is self-realisation? What is revelation?
What is faith? What is Bhakti?
What defines our concept of beauty?
Who is an artist?