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Jyotirgamaya... (ज्योतिर्गमय)
Hi all,
Am adding one more image to the Triptych series... In this image, the concept is "From Darkness to the Light"... Inspiration is, thousands year old Sanskrit prayer...

Also, I have composed few more images with the same concept, (A black and white version: Balck and White and another compose Leading from Dark ) but, the one posted here found interesting, surely I would seek the suggestions, views, teachings from members..

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Raghu
Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:23 pm
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Commentby Nilanjan Das on Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:16 pm

Now this is good, excellent stuff actually, let's push it further Raghu. From darkness to light is an excellent concept, I think this concept deserves a little more complex mystery in the mid frame which is more like unsure, not fully in the dark and not fully in the light, the bird image here becomes extremely clear and too easy to interpret. I was wondering the mid frame is where the strength of the story should lie. I was thinking of a subject with partial definition, some undefined or even uncontrolled movements coming in ? Like a big tree with branches ( in fact RD's image of the branches with birds in them ) will fit amazingly well here. To go a step further, I would probably think of doing just the centre frame in black and white. The bird in flight is shown in good light condition here ( let's symbolically consider it to be when the mind is sure, not in a transition of thought process ). I was just thinking of a centre frame which takes the story just to a point which ends in clarity of the mind. That should express the the state of the mind. A state of mind which is not sure, a state of mind which loves yet does not have the trust, a state of mind wishes to be in limelight but too used to the darkness and fearful of being shunned back into oblivion, a state of mind which prays and still fears. Now this is extremely exciting to me as I recently suggested someone to do a set of series using triptychs, like the presence of love in absence, like taking away of truth from the lies. If I remember well, I suggested something to Arati as well, I can't remember, will have to check. It is so much possible to work on pre-conceptualized themes and then present them as stories through triptychs or more. I would love to work on this theme of from darkness to light myself, only the midframe can bring in a revolution Raghu. Extremely well done, my compliments to you.

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Commentby uraghu on Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:45 pm

Nilanjanji... That was a wonderful teachings from you... I bow... I too felt a kind of injustice which I may have done to the image while posting... and I am immediate in search of the Soul... which would fit in the frame.. I went on with my Archives... A pause... I found a confused mind resting... and I am not sure, because my mind is still in darkness may be... And I composed a new one... with that soul in between... Am now not sure though... But will hear back here...

Here is the new compose... I hope it is a fit...

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Commentby Nilanjan Das on Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:34 pm

This is much much better for me, but let's push it more Raghu :-), let's go a bit more beyond, something which reflects this state of uncertainty in the mind of the viewer and then bring in a sense of relief with the help of the 3rd frame. :-) :-), Doable ?? This is experimental, so any amount of experimentation is good you know. Anymore leads from the other members ? What kind of a frame would make this really really unique ? Enjoying this a lot :-). Really thanks a lot.

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Commentby uraghu on Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:55 pm

Nilanjanji... Surely it is... Well, let me give a honest try, if there is something more which I can add... I will put the thoughts in run.. also, the archives, that will rev up...

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Commentby Adithya Biloor on Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:42 am

You have chosen a very tough subject here. I agree with Nilanjan on a little more complex mystery in the mid frame which is more like unsure, not fully in the dark and not fully in the light .
Second one appeals more to me than the first one. Drogo image evokes a kind of gloomy feeling and fits well with the theme.
I am thinking of choosing some other symbols for darkness and light. To me night and the moon need not always denote darkness.
A very complex subject and not sure how to improve this one.

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Commentby Ganesh H Shankar on Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:54 am

I like the attempt at conceptual continuity instead of physical continuity we have been seeing in some of the diptych & triptych in the past. I like the second one more than that first one. However I still think the middle one is still not flowing in well. Probably bird is not the subject that goes well in between here. You may want to try some landscape images. A fine attempt and I am sure will trigger several other thoughts and images. Thanks for sharing.

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Commentby dinesh.ramarao on Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:05 am

My current state of mind is not allowing me to visualize " From Darkness to the Light " in both the tri-images. While what to fit in the midframe is a puzzle here, i fail to connect to moon and sun here. May be i should come back bit later and need to look afresh.
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Commentby Shivakumar L Narayan on Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:54 am

Looking at the theme and the flow of the images - i personally would go with the first one. Love the concept and the way you built up 2 dyptichs. And nice thoughts by Nilanjan also regarding the suggestions.

Great going ... tfs

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Commentby uraghu on Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:57 pm

@Adithya, I agree, this subject chosen is quite tough.. in terms of rendering the information to the viewer... I am still flipping the archives, and changing, what otherwise may trigger the concept on at the viewers mind... But, am still not satisfied with what am doing... and Regarding the Moon.. why I have chosen to represent darkness is... The light source, which in terms of the theme (Or rather what in my mind is a source of light which can lead)... So when it comes to moon, there is over thousands of years our ancestors have been thought and taught that the moon always represent or has a character when it comes is at the dark... or it dominates dark... whereas, the Sun, we always represent it to the light.. and many meditations, calmness of mind follow... the sun.. so the sun, internally thought as a source of light, which lead someone in need...

Having said that if you have observed the image.. There is a light in the darkness and there is a dark in the light... but the one which dominates in light is the Sun... an interesting thing.. in that frames...

@Ganeshsir... Am still in the search of the frame which otherwise can fill and flow... And thanks much for the trigger of those terms, Physical vs Conceptual...

@RD.. Again, the darkness and the light.. A better frame between can ease the confusion in the mind.. Let me search...

@Shiv... Thanks much.... I will still work on that and will come up with better... and better..

Here I have one more compose..

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Commentby Prashanth Sampagar on Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:57 pm

Very good concept, Raghu! Some image which represents wind (to symbolically represent) at the centre would add?

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Commentby uraghu on Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:48 am

@Prashant, I have been trying with different compose. And this wind concept is interesting... I will search of an image, which can sneak in this concept..

Here are my two other composes... Well am still thinking is it really the fit...

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