Category: Thoroughly Mundane
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As the birds fly.
Travelling companions, This is something that happened when I was choreographing for Swapna Vasavadutta. There is a particular dialogue where King Udayan looks at the flying birds and comments on their formation and companionship. To choreograph this, I had to observe the flight patterns of the birds. The birds I realized exuded beauty and serenity…
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Beyond the physical
Beyond the physical Beings of light. when a colleague of mine Geeta was researching on the Yuga- she wanted to create a narrative round it. She would go read through lot material particularly from Sri Aurobindo. He was talking about the four Yuga’s the satyuga where the light in us or the connect to the…
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Dakshinayana.. the summer solstice.
June 21st the summer solstice. Solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice each year as the sun reaches its highest or lowest excursion in relation to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. The solstices together with the equinoxes are connected with seasons and many cultures have elaborate rituals and associations to commemorate this.…
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Taking the risk to be real
“Perfume was first created to mask the stench of foul and offensive odours… Spices and bold flavourings were created to mask the taste of putrid and rotting meat… What then was music created for? Was it to drown out the voices of others, or the voices within ourselves? I think I know.” ― Emilie Autumn, The Asylum…
