11/10/2025
๐๐พ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐ข- ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐. ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐จ-๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐จ-๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ. ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ . She gave me courage to draw the other Deviโs Lakshmi and Durga-Kali the way they appear to me: dark brown skin, dressed in carribean colors, beautiful curves, daring, in radical solidarity with Palestina- and therefore also with other peoples in the world batteling genocidal violence and injustices. This is me taking my artistic freedom, but more so: sharing a vulnerable process of re-interpreting what spirituality means to me.
๐ฟWhat we call art, I see as expression. Saraswati is an amazing musician but in relation to me it totally made sense to manifest her through dance. She is also the goddess of wisdom, and to me art=wisdom. It allows us different ways of knowing and being. And you know what? As someone who says she works as an artivist, art to me is not only a means to justice. Art - or rather expression- is an inherent part of our being. Everybody is an artist cause everybody has expressions. Be it in dance,music,words,painting,cooking,laughter,anger,creation of a protest sign,care for the other, sculpturing,costumes,deep listening to plants and forests,performing on stage, becoming one with the ocean while swimming,filming,photographing or applying Henna. These are expresssions we feel with our bodies, waiting and sometimes bursting to get out.
๐Itโs a form of spirituality that we are thaught to oppress. Because we need to โbehaveโโฆ so many times I had to hear: art is not political. How can it not be? I would say, yes, itโs a means to expose injustices, AND yes simoultaniously itโs our spiritual-self calling out to re-relate to life of Earth and each other. Something so deeply rooted I can not live without. Thank you Saraswati, for reflecting with me on this wisdom.
