The text is really powerful, but the art seems like an afterthought. Don't get this wrong, it is beautiful (Cezanne-ish?), but...dunno, superfluous. Have you tried giving up using drawings? I know I would read!
Anon, Thank you for kind insight and observations. Rare to find a reader willing to engage in any way at all. Am in the process of thinking about matters exactly like these - and part of the struggle in the last year has been to hit the right notes in the work. Cut out the needless, focus on the essential. (Interestingly, when one is most proficient at this, i imagine there is no longer any need to either write or draw!) ~A
Received a Nari Shakti award from the President of India on 8th March 2017 for "unusual work that breaks boundaries" in art/l...
Order Now! 'Sauptik: Blood and Flowers' (2016) by Amruta Patil
Concluding book of the Mahabharat & Puraan-based Parva duology (after Adi Parva).
'Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean' (2012) by Amruta Patil. Order online.
Adi Parva, via Amruta Patil (HarperCollins India). In French 'Parva: L'éveil de l'océan' (Au Diable Vauvert).Graphic novel based on the Mahabharat, the Puraans and the tradition of oral storytellers.
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The text is really powerful, but the art seems like an afterthought. Don't get this wrong, it is beautiful (Cezanne-ish?), but...dunno, superfluous. Have you tried giving up using drawings? I know I would read!
Anon,
Thank you for kind insight and observations. Rare to find a reader willing to engage in any way at all. Am in the process of thinking about matters exactly like these - and part of the struggle in the last year has been to hit the right notes in the work. Cut out the needless, focus on the essential. (Interestingly, when one is most proficient at this, i imagine there is no longer any need to either write or draw!)
~A
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