My Savitri work with the Mother

14 May 1956

Yet another reassuring card from the Mother:

14.5.56

Bonjour
To My dear little child*
To my very sweet Huta*

Who does work with so much taste and skill.

I keep you in my arms with all my love and force and my blessings are always with you.

The Mother directed me through a letter how to paint tiny pink roses and buds on Mahalakshmi's sari. She also sent me a small painting box and brushes.

There! Painting! But I had never used oil colour before. Actually I knew nothing about oil painting. I did not even know how to hold brushes, nor did I have any colour sense. Everything started with the Grace of Mahalakshmi. She became the symbol of my spiritual life and artistic work.

First I tried to paint a blue bird—the bird of happiness—on a piece of red silk. I showed it to the Mother on 12th April in the evening in her room at the Playground. Her pleasure was instantly reflected in her luminous eyes and sweet smile. She took my hand and, after a pause, said:

Child, you have the capacity to paint and it is a splendid gift. I also did many paintings and exhibited them in Paris. I love to paint, but where is the time?

She went into a trance for a few moments. Then she asked me:

Will you paint blue birds on my white dress?

I was perplexed. But I said to her hesitatingly that I would try.