Saturday, December 15, 2012

Fertility


I shaped the thread, which had fallen on the carpet, until I saw a mother with many wombs, dancing against a starry sky. Some of the wombs carried seeds of joy; some, the doubts and tribulations of the female child. I tried to depict celebration and fear of degradation at the same time, and created a dance pose inspired by Martha Graham: 


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Bhai,

I can compute innumerable figurines, minus Martha Graham’s poses, from the thread structure presented; including woman/women with single/multiple wombs.

Your statement about multiple wombs and tribulations of girl child directly and naturally leads me, as perhaps it did you, in to commenting on Child-Bride, Balika Bodhu, which I will post under that heading.

charu