Mountains of Ego

ahaṇkāra-nivṛttānāṁ keśavo nahi dūragaḥahaṇkāra-yutānāṁ hi madhye parvvata-rāśayaḥ ~ Brahma-vaivarta Purana: 3.9.9 “The Supreme Lord Keśava remains in the company of persons who are free from a mundane conception of life; but there appears to be a great mountain range between the self-asserting egotists and the Lord.” The only obstacle to surrender is self-asserting ego For an artist with […]

Faultfinders be Warned

Introduction to the Ānanda Vṛndāvan Campu By Śrīla Kavi Karnapura note ~ Kavi Karnapura is a 15th Century Indian Vaiṣṇava saint  who poetry and pose is so sublime that only a hardened heart could be unaffected by it’s qualities. Sri Chaitanya and His eternal associates have all returned to Goloka Vrndavan, far beyond the vision of this […]

Bhakti Lata

This recently completed work is a product of years of contemplation of how to make artwork from a vaiṣṇava perspective. It portrays an allegorical landscape of the Bhakti Lata. The Bhakti Lata is described in vaiṣṇava scripture as the creeper of devotion, that is planted in the heart of the sadhaka – the spiritual practitioner when […]

Manifesto

This manifesto was created around 2000 as front page inspiration for my art website. It  houses the condensed conception of the Śrī Sāraswat Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, and supports the underlying intent of how I attempt to create art and apply this in design. The basis of these ideas are expressed by their divine graces. Śrīla Bhakti […]

Blind faith and Image of God

This is an article by a good friend of mine David Sheil ( Devadyuti Das ) whom I spend lots of time with discussing life, art and reality the beautiful.  Blind faith and reading the vision (image) of the Supreme Personality (God) The Rules of the Game The rules for the artist and the audience […]

Putana

The Cultural Warfare of the Divine Form, is a subset narrative deep in deconstruction of worldviews where few manage to gain the consciousness to unlock. Here the game plays out with the portrayal of the pastime of krishna sucking the breast milk of the witch Putana. It is an intense form of cultural appropriation and […]