Am not a linguist, nor an anthropologist or a recognized philosopher. Which could mean that I fit into the profile of a layman.
So, this is a laymans inference of art made by humans. The paintings, drawings, architecture etc and how it could influence ecology?
We, as a family, happened to go on a 45 day (we did not plan the number of days). It just happened so. A 10000km, learning journey to the Northeastern states of India. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya were the states visited. The onward journey was from Coimbatore to New Tinsukia in Assam, a 4500 km and 78 hr train journey. We lived mostly in villages and economically backward areas.
We also happened to visit Mowlynnong in meghalya which was declared cleanest village (2003) in Asia , the Live Root Bridges and Gompa in Itanagar
The return journey involved stopovers at calcutta (Kali Temple and Science City), Bhubaneshvar (Konark and Puri Temples) and Vijayawada (Panaka Narashimar Temple)
When we observed the lifestyle of people, scripts, buildings of different places and their art forms, a suprising inference emerged out of the mind.
The observations - Starting from the Northeast to down south:
+ The scripts for the languages are straighter in the norteast (assamese) and becomes more and more curved as we travel through bengal (bengali), Mostly curves (Odiya), Only Curves (Telugu in Andhra) and a combination (Tamil).
+ The farm lands in northeast surronds the untouched forest areas. But as we come to south, it is more of cash crops and very minimal natural forests. The root bridges in northeast are a symbol of harmonious living with nature rather. How ever, the concept of sacred groves seem to be prevalant throughout.
+ The place of worship start with Plant and Nature in northeast, Idol worship in West Bengal and Odhisa (they do have some resemblence with human form) and starting from vijayawada, the idols assume human form.
+ The buildings are more functional in northeast and becomes a little artistic as we cross orissa (as seen in puri and jangannathar temples) and become more artistic in Andhra (Kanaka Dhurga Temple)
The inference that came out of these observations were crazy and seemed irrational. But however, this is the summary.
"When people get more and more artistic, it is an indication that they are moving far away from enjoying the beauty of Nature".
So, this is a laymans inference of art made by humans. The paintings, drawings, architecture etc and how it could influence ecology?
We, as a family, happened to go on a 45 day (we did not plan the number of days). It just happened so. A 10000km, learning journey to the Northeastern states of India. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya were the states visited. The onward journey was from Coimbatore to New Tinsukia in Assam, a 4500 km and 78 hr train journey. We lived mostly in villages and economically backward areas.
We also happened to visit Mowlynnong in meghalya which was declared cleanest village (2003) in Asia , the Live Root Bridges and Gompa in Itanagar
The return journey involved stopovers at calcutta (Kali Temple and Science City), Bhubaneshvar (Konark and Puri Temples) and Vijayawada (Panaka Narashimar Temple)
When we observed the lifestyle of people, scripts, buildings of different places and their art forms, a suprising inference emerged out of the mind.
The observations - Starting from the Northeast to down south:
+ The scripts for the languages are straighter in the norteast (assamese) and becomes more and more curved as we travel through bengal (bengali), Mostly curves (Odiya), Only Curves (Telugu in Andhra) and a combination (Tamil).
+ The farm lands in northeast surronds the untouched forest areas. But as we come to south, it is more of cash crops and very minimal natural forests. The root bridges in northeast are a symbol of harmonious living with nature rather. How ever, the concept of sacred groves seem to be prevalant throughout.
+ The place of worship start with Plant and Nature in northeast, Idol worship in West Bengal and Odhisa (they do have some resemblence with human form) and starting from vijayawada, the idols assume human form.
+ The buildings are more functional in northeast and becomes a little artistic as we cross orissa (as seen in puri and jangannathar temples) and become more artistic in Andhra (Kanaka Dhurga Temple)
The inference that came out of these observations were crazy and seemed irrational. But however, this is the summary.
"When people get more and more artistic, it is an indication that they are moving far away from enjoying the beauty of Nature".
Mr Bala, lovely observation and an interesting inference at the end. These will surely keep me engaged for sometime as I ponder over them.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lovely narrative of a layman actually. Most interestingly you have noticed the language script as well.
ReplyDeleteOne suggestion, please try including a few pictures to make it more beautiful.
👌😃nice observation sir. live with nature .
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