20 February 2018
A thought…
There are so many places my mind wanders that I draw
inspiration from. My fascinations always bring back to the ancient world. The
civilizations of before continuously fascinate me, perhaps it’s my human nature
of seeking an origin. However the past is muddled up with history. Information
passed down through the ages and altered as people saw fit.
One of the reason the ancient world fascinates me is because
of the immense people belief people had to create these structures. Take the
Pyramids for instance some mainstream history has you believe these are just
monuments created as a final resting place for kings, one of the theories I believe
that it was used to help transmit or create a form of electricity or energy.
Belief is extremely powerful, they make up the world, in a very real sense they
are the world, it’s something that lies at the core of our mindset, and lies
within every culture and idea.
Thuthuka; looking
back on origins
For Thuthuka I had looked back at the different cultures
that I grew up with. As a child these are crucial years in your early
development, some things that happen to you as a child tend to stay with well
into your life.
Islam had its prominence as the religion I would be raised
by, my mother was Tamil and converted to Islam after she married my dad,
however my parents were not very religious but their belief in a God was very
much there. They were progressive for
their time and community, and never stopped me from questioning and exploring.
There are few instances where I remember a clash in faiths..
It was these small instances that started leading me to question religion and
other cultures around me. Why couldn’t people of different faiths respect each other?
I had initially tried depicting this division, two faiths
joined together yet still apart. I had
focused so much on the division that I hadn’t looked at what ties them together.
In a way this is also what is wrong with people, we’re so focused on
emphasizing our differences, we forget the things that bring us together. I found
that Mosques and Temples used sacred geometry in their design, this lead me to
look more at what ties together than breaks apart.
Pieces I created for Thuthuka
Sterling Silver and Resin Earrings
Ceramic Incense holders
