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
On 26 November 1961 the Mother gave the description of the last picture of Canto 1, number twenty three:
Immobile in herself, she gathered force. ||2.41|| This was the day when Satyavan must die. ||2.42||
The Mother went into a profound trance. When she opened her eyes, she informed me enthusiastically:
I want to get printed these paintings of Book One, Canto I along with the relevant passages from Savitri.
We name the Book:
I typed the matter of Book One, Canto 1. I stuck typed copies behind painted boards—the others went into my files and the rest were used for the Dummies. The Mother was pleased to see the Dummy of Book One, Canto 1, which I prepared as she wished. The paintings of Book One, Canto 1 went to Madras for block-making. The printing was done in Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press according to the Mother's instructions.
The Mother made me read her introduction which would go in the first Volume of Meditations on Savitri.
Savitri, this prophetic vision of the world's history, including the announcement of the world's future—who can ever dare to put it in pictures?
Yet the Mother and Huta have tried it, this way.
We simply meditate together on the lines chosen, and when the image becomes clear, I describe it with the help of a few strokes, then Huta goes to her studio and brushes the painting.
It is in a meditative mood that these 'meditations ' must be looked at, to find the feeling they contain behind their appearance.
Tears of happiness and gratitude surged in my eyes. I said to myself: "Do I really deserve all this?"
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