AYAHITA Painting

AYAHITA (from Sanskrit) Prayer. Prayer is what was in me during the creation of the painting. This work was not created immediately, but gradually, in 2 stages. When I finally took up the canvas after a long pause, I was determined to create something special, something sincere, something that is invisible to the eyes. As I drew, I hummed continuously - Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Say So Hung. Ra - is the energy of the Sun: strong, bright and hot. It energizes and purifies. Ma - is the energy of the moon: receptive, cool, and nurturing. Da - is the energy of Earth: secure and personal. It is the ground of action. Sa - is the impersonal Infinity. The cosmos in all of its dimensions, openness, expansiveness and totality is Sa. Sa - is the impersonal Infinity. Say - is the totality of experience and is personal. It is the feeling of a sacred "Thou." It is the embodiment of Sa. So - is the personal sense of merger and identity. Hung - is the Infinite, vibrating and real. The two qualities together (So and Hung) mean: "I am Thou." This Prayer plunged me into a deep stream of inspiration and I felt how a thin thread of the divine connects me with the cosmos. It was something new and special for me! After 8 years, I picked up the brush again and it was like wings had grown! For a whole year, the picture pleased my eyes and soul. And suddenly I felt the painting beckoning to me and asking me to finish it. I hummed the same prayer again, the energy of the light overwhelmed me. Trusting the flow, the brush itself moved across the canvas. Exhaling and looking at the completed picture, I was amazed to see the image of a praying woman. So, out of the cosmic flow of light and love, a picture appeared - a Prayer. This is not just a painting, but a talisman-painting, that cleanses the space and inspires the viewer.