Vandana Watsa

“The Urge to paint is so strong … it is as if an inner force is drawing me to the canvas to commute and communicate through me, to create its own fine grained powerful instrument for human expression.”
I paint under the pseudonym of Bindu. My immediate family addresses me by that name and so it has emotional significance for me. More than that, it has a wealth of spiritual significance for me.
In Sanskrit, Bindu means Point or Dot, and its metaphysical connotation is that of the cosmic seed. It is the source point of all creation leading to unity and infinity. It is also described as "the sacred symbol of the cosmos in its un-manifested state". Bindu is the point around which the Sri Yantra and other mandalas are created.
In a heightened state of spiritual experience, the Bindu is actually experienced as a blue pearl in the third eye area as a result of meditation, prayer, and mantras.
The experience of the Bindu was an actual, internally experienced reality for me when I went for the ten-day Vipassna meditation retreat. After this the urge to paint was so strong within me that as soon as I got back home, I dug out a box of 6 basic oil colours, some old brushes and other materials and started to paint. I was internally guided to ...

Self taught.