Saturday 17.February 2013, 3 p.m.
After the welcoming the visitors and a short introduction of Sri C.Pradeep (DTPC Secretary Alappuzha) and Sri Venu Gopal (Kerala State Tourism Club Chief Coordinator), Alexander talked about his vision since his student‘s time to open an Art Museum in a village one day in his future, about his need to paint and to draw, about his current exhibition »Water, the Mirror of the World«.
Before starting my talk I suggested sitting down with me on the wooden floor for being closer in a dialogue atmosphere with all the listeners. Asking about their impressions of the paintings it was good to hear how strongly the message of the paintings were corresponding with the people.
Actually it was a student class. DTPC – District Promotion Tourist Council – had organised a 2 days training camp for students and teachers. The last day of this training camp was a 2 hours cultural programm in the Sylviander House Art Museum. Around 60 students came with their teachers.
After the welcoming the visitors and a short introduction of Sri C.Pradeep (DTPC Secretary Alappuzha) and Sri Venu Gopal (Kerala State Tourism Club Chief Coordinator), Alexander talked about his vision since his student‘s time to open an Art Museum in a village one day in his future, about his need to paint and to draw, about his current exhibition »Water, the Mirror of the World«.
Before starting my talk I suggested sitting down with me on the wooden floor for being closer in a dialogue atmosphere with all the listeners. Asking about their impressions of the paintings it was good to hear how strongly the message of the paintings were corresponding with the people.
To get into the deeper meaning of Alexander‘s exhibited paintings, each filled with so many raindrops, it was necessary to have a look at the complexity of water as we did similiary in our 1st Children Class in January.
A discussion followed mixed in Malayalam and English full of questions and ideas about water‘s liveliness, the communication of the water in our body and in our surrounding, how it exchanges information wether negative or positive. The quality of water we drink and have around us depends on humans attitude, noise and pollution will give such a negative information, that it won‘t show crystals as it does in springs untouched by humans or respected. Even polluted water can create beautiful crystals after rituals and prayers.
This imagination gave a lot of input for change in thinking about our daily live. What does this mean for us, for our health physically and mentally, what does this mean for our society culturally?
Such questions hopefully will help to develope awareness in future.
To complete our gathering we all stood up for giving respect to the poet Vinaya Chandren who recently died. After a silent contemplation some of his poems Ajaya Kumar sang for us with his expressionful voise.
Finally our german guest Laura, who stays with us for 1 month, played guitar and all together we sang »Knockin‘On Heaven‘s Door« from Bob Dylan.
When we had finished, our brother in law Varghese was waiting already infront of the house with Chaia and hot tiffins from his Chettikad tea-shop for everybody. While enjoying it conversation in little groups went on and photographs were taken with smiling faces.
(written by Sylvie Bantle)
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