An account of Huta's sadhana & the grace showered on her by The Mother - especially how Mother prepared her for painting the series: 'Meditations on Savitri'.
The Mother : Contact On Savitri
This book tells the story of how Huta came to the Ashram and began her work with the Mother. It presents a detailed account of how the Mother prepared and encouraged her to learn painting and helped her to create two series of paintings: the 472 pictures comprising Meditations on Savitri and the 116 pictures that accompanied the Mother's comments titled About Savitri. During their meetings, where the Mother revealed her visions for each painting by drawing sketches and explaining which colours should be used, the unique importance of Savitri and the Mother's own experiences connected to the poem come clearly into view. The book is also a representation of Huta's sadhana, her struggles and her progress, and the solicitude and grace showered on her by the Mother.
THEME/S
The Mother saw all the fifty-four paintings of Sri Aurobindo's poems on 1st September 1967. She liked them very much and expressed her happiness and satisfaction. These paintings along with some new ones I had done under the Mother's guidance were exhibited on 20th February 1968. The Mother's message for this exhibition ran:
Here are pictures inspired by some of Sri Aurobindo's poems.
Those who appreciated the illustrations of Savitri will surely like to see these paintings.
My declaration was:
"Nature proves her collaboration with a smile of flowers"
Love and Grace of our Divine Mother are endless...
To express our gratitude, —
Let us all collaborate with Her fully and sincerely with our deepest love...
20.2.68 Huta
The Mother was pleased with the declaration.
In 1970 slides were made of these paintings along with the paintings of Savitri. The slides were shown in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Theatre during the Birth Centenary of Sri Aurobindo in 1972.
Later it was stated in the Bulletin of Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education about the exhibition of paintings—Pictures of Sri Aurobindo's Poems:
During the Darshan period there were the following exhibitions:
“Batik and Painting; handloom products; Dolls; New pictures by Ashram artists; Embroidery; Ashram Publications; and paintings by Huta on Sri Aurobindo's short poems.”
For the Savitri paintings the Mother recited the passages and I recorded them. The background music was her own organ-music. When the time came to recite the Poems, her voice failed. So I recited them with her approval. I did the recording of my recitation at home. It took me almost six months. I did it late at night when everything was hushed. Later I went to the projector room to blend this recitation with the background music composed by Sunil Bhattacharya. I requested the Mother to hear the recitation before it was played to the audience.
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