Now, and the mind tears

Now, and the mind tears

A meditation on the existential quandaries of contemporary living, this installation takes the form of a maze of scripture that combines verses from the Hindu scripture of the Avadut Gita with writing on the various identities living in the city of Melbourne, Australia.

The Avadhut Gita is believed to have been anonymously written during the 9^th or 10^th Century BC. Later accreditations to the author as ‘Sri Dattatreya’ have been proffered, but historians cannot validate this character. The poetic translation used in this work comes from Swami Abhayananda.

“Throughout history, it has been the contention of the mystics of all cultural traditions that the “vision of God” reveals man’s essential oneness with Absolute Being, awakening him to his true, eternal Identity. Prior to such divine illumination, say these mystics, man suffers under the mistaken illusion that he is a limited and finite being, separate and distinct from other beings, who possesses his own individual identity.” Swami Abhayananda

“I am nectarean knowledge, unchanging bliss.
I am everywhere, like space”

—
‘Nectarean’

Of Nectar; ‘life-giving drink of the Gods’

Compound of
‘Nek’- coming from “death” (necro), and
‘tar’- coming from ‘tere’ to cross over, pass through or overcome:

– that which overcomes death