Water Foliage I
Water foliage is a series of motifs in varied mediums, symbolically reinterpreting the movement of water element through patterns.These foliage tell the story of their inseparable connection with the lives and cultural assets of the people who cultivate this iconographic legacy. In its circular form, these foliage represent clouds. They are carved in Torana (Tympanum) to represent the constantly renewing water cycle, from its flight in the skies amongst the deities and celestial bodies descending in curves to grace the fertile lands. These foliage further represent the waters flowing and shapeshifting in the form of clear rivers and hiding inside earth to emerge again as ground water, symbolized by Makara and the entities coming out of its mouth.
These foliage have secretly grown to become a language through which I have been perceiving water and its endless movements. These poetic symbols make observation and perception of water element pleasant and easier. It is a way to communicate with the element’s vastness, beauty, magnificence and micro manifestation.
In this series, the foliage are the reflection of my conversation with the element, at times as a snapshot for how I experience the element, at other times as an extended process of acceptance and being with water.
These foliage have secretly grown to become a language through which I have been perceiving water and its endless movements. These poetic symbols make observation and perception of water element pleasant and easier. It is a way to communicate with the element’s vastness, beauty, magnificence and micro manifestation.
In this series, the foliage are the reflection of my conversation with the element, at times as a snapshot for how I experience the element, at other times as an extended process of acceptance and being with water.