And to conclude the series I've been posting, this is the last one, a pair of abstracts.
Here's something about them-
Shiva and Vishnu are part of the Hindu trinity. Shiva is the god of destruction, often viewed as destruction of ignorance, but also destruction in the more generic sense, in the cycle of life. Vishnu likewise, represents the force of sustenance.
These pieces represent my conception of Shiva and Vishnu.
Going by the general theme of the series, the pair has a black-and-white and a colour piece. Shiva's nature, mythologically, is more invariant and stable than Vishnu's, which is multifarious as seen in his many Avatars/personas and moods. The black-and-white and colour choice represents this.The blue also goes with the idea of Krishna, one of the most spoken of Avatars of Vishnu often being conceived of as blue.
Shiva is represented in this work by the Sanskrit letter 'Sa' and Vishnu by 'Ma'. 'Sa' and 'Ma' are notes in the Indian Classical Music system, with the same distinction that I bring up above. 'Sa' is invariant, and marks the start and end point of a cycle of melody and rhythm, in the same way that Shiva brings about the end of the cycle of life, by destruction, and therefore also takes the state of life back to the way it is at the beginning, when life does not exist. The note 'Ma' on the other hand, has more tonic variants, similar to the many personas of Vishnu.
The two letters, 'Sa' and 'Ma' together, form the word 'Sam', which represents the start and ending point of a cycle of rhythm, and therefore represents equilibrium. This is much similar to the way sustenance and destruction are both part of keeping the equilibrium in the cycle of life.
'Shiva' 11" x 14" Acrylic on Canvas
'Vishnu' 11" x 14" Acrylic on Canvas
Here's something about them-
Shiva and Vishnu are part of the Hindu trinity. Shiva is the god of destruction, often viewed as destruction of ignorance, but also destruction in the more generic sense, in the cycle of life. Vishnu likewise, represents the force of sustenance.
These pieces represent my conception of Shiva and Vishnu.
Going by the general theme of the series, the pair has a black-and-white and a colour piece. Shiva's nature, mythologically, is more invariant and stable than Vishnu's, which is multifarious as seen in his many Avatars/personas and moods. The black-and-white and colour choice represents this.The blue also goes with the idea of Krishna, one of the most spoken of Avatars of Vishnu often being conceived of as blue.
Shiva is represented in this work by the Sanskrit letter 'Sa' and Vishnu by 'Ma'. 'Sa' and 'Ma' are notes in the Indian Classical Music system, with the same distinction that I bring up above. 'Sa' is invariant, and marks the start and end point of a cycle of melody and rhythm, in the same way that Shiva brings about the end of the cycle of life, by destruction, and therefore also takes the state of life back to the way it is at the beginning, when life does not exist. The note 'Ma' on the other hand, has more tonic variants, similar to the many personas of Vishnu.
The two letters, 'Sa' and 'Ma' together, form the word 'Sam', which represents the start and ending point of a cycle of rhythm, and therefore represents equilibrium. This is much similar to the way sustenance and destruction are both part of keeping the equilibrium in the cycle of life.
2 comments:
Beautiful conception of Shiva and Vishnu. I might be wrong, but I think one piece/canvas that represents both these would be great - it would cohesively integrate the conceptualization (especially the "sam") and I think the interpretation would flow more beautifully :)
thanks Neeraja :) Good point...Yeah, they were displayed side by side (as a pair) and also marked together as a pair for sale. I had thought of making a collage out of them to make a single image for posting but forgot. :)
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