Aparā Devī, Abhinavagupta, and Ignorance

ABHINAVAGUPTA AND THE CONCEPT OF IGNORANCE IN KASHMIR SHAIVISM Excerpt from: Quarterly Malini published by Ishwar Ashram Trust, by Prof. Debabrata Sensharma. Art : Aparā Devī, sitting on her consort Navātma-bhairava. Drawing by Ekabhumi Ellik, painted by Carmen Richards. Ignorance is a truth that all human beings perceive in their life in this world. All schools …

AI Art, Artificial Intelligence, and Originality

“Ethical” is such a nebulous term in relation to new technology. I personally believe that human artists mostly do organically what machines do mechanically – digest a bunch of influences/data/images, blend it, then regurgitate a synthesis. I don’t think what most artists do is original or “creative” in the sense of true innovation. My take …

Seats of Power (Shakti Pitha) Cultural Immersion

This November, I’m finally offering an unforgettable and transformative immersion into the most sacred visual artform of the Tantric tradition: Yantra. Yantras are “devices” for the invocation of deities into our physical realm and human perception. They are both meditation devices and ritual tools imbued with unspeakable power. They are also beautiful patterns of geometric …