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.
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There and then thoughts started flashing into my brain. I questioned myself: "What kind of oil painting is this? What are these depths and strokes, light and shadow the Mother is talking about?" I went home in that touchy mood. I wrote a letter to the Mother that I wanted to go to the school to learn proper technique, because she had not enough time and she could not teach me everything in detail. The Mother answered on 15th December:
Indeed, it is very good that Jayanti will help you and I am sure you will progress very quickly and do very nice things.
My love and blessings and Presence of the Divine Grace are and will always be with you.
I cursed myself—I was certainly not such a blockhead as not to sense a touch of sarcasm in the letter. I really felt ashamed, and gave up the idea of learning from anybody. I went to the Mother in the evening and told her that I would learn painting only from her, from whatever she taught me. She smiled and looked into my eyes, and then, leaning back on her couch and folding her arms across her bosom, said:
Splendid! You see, nobody here in the Ashram has seriously and strictly taken up oil painting in a systematic and professional way. You are the first to do so. In the Ashram school the children paint only with water colours and they are amateurs. Our grown up artists also use water colours and pastel colours. So there you are!
After a pause the Mother said:
Oil painting is an art in which you can give only an impression. All the beauty and charm depends on how you develop your consciousness. With the growth of consciousness, hands and eyes become sharp and skilful, they recognise exactly what can be done in oil painting. Automatically and spontaneously the thing takes shape and becomes vivid and full of radiant vibrations.
If the hands are fully trained and they become full of consciousness, then everything becomes easier. For example, there are a certain number of sweets in a box. Now, you wish to pick out only five sweets from it. If your hands are full of consciousness and skill, surely the precise number of sweets will be in your hand. In painting too, you will gradually develop a similar capacity.
You will learn painting according to my will and vision.
This was the Mother's decision. This was the beginning of my learning and doing painting. I stepped into the domain of true Art.
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