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In the English book is "A Unique Experience. Autobiography of Dada Vishwa Ratan, ("Ek Anokha Anubhav" in Hindi) it is explained how Dada Vishwa Ratan was assigned to draw the 4 pictures - Kalpa Tree, Timurti, Wheel Drama, Ladder.
The Kalpa Tree : This was the first to be done.
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Brahma Baba instructed Dada to draw the faces of Gandhi, Jinna in the leaves of The Tree, and Stalin and Harry S. Truman at the top of The Tree. Brahma Baba instructed Dada to draw Brahma Baba at the roots, and when Dada completed it and returned to show Brahma Baba, Baba replied "Yes, it is correct".
Brahma Baba then told Dada to draw the following 8 next to Brahma Baba and Mama : Didi Man Mohini, Dadi Prakashmani, Dada BrijIndra, Dadi Dhyani, Dadi Shantamani, Dadi Brijshanta, Dada Vishwa Kishore, and Dada Vishwa Ratan. 3 Dadis and 1 Dada on each side.
Dada Vishwa Ratan apparently used photos to copy from, and was in charge of painting the faces in detail. When the pictures were duplicated, Sisters helped him paint the rest of The Tree, but he was in charge of painting the faces in the duplicates. You may notice the clarity of the faces for above mentioned persons, but not so for the other people in The Tree who are "imaginary" faces.
Is this body conscious? The persons in the picture are symbolic. Would the painting have been better without the actual physical likeness of individuals, such as the generalisation for the image of Shankar, Vishnu, Buddha, Jesus etc. Could this initial error be the cause of having the actual likeness of human beings depicted in other pictures and murals to come.
The book later explains the production of the other pictures, but I haven't come to them yet. It is interesting to look back deeper at something after some time, and to look and study the paintings again, as instructed by the Murlis.
(PS : Lakshmi and Narayan does not get mentioned. Must have been done after).
(PS2 : Names have been quoted which have appeared in BK literature).
The Kalpa Tree : This was the first to be done.
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Brahma Baba instructed Dada to draw the faces of Gandhi, Jinna in the leaves of The Tree, and Stalin and Harry S. Truman at the top of The Tree. Brahma Baba instructed Dada to draw Brahma Baba at the roots, and when Dada completed it and returned to show Brahma Baba, Baba replied "Yes, it is correct".
Brahma Baba then told Dada to draw the following 8 next to Brahma Baba and Mama : Didi Man Mohini, Dadi Prakashmani, Dada BrijIndra, Dadi Dhyani, Dadi Shantamani, Dadi Brijshanta, Dada Vishwa Kishore, and Dada Vishwa Ratan. 3 Dadis and 1 Dada on each side.
Dada Vishwa Ratan apparently used photos to copy from, and was in charge of painting the faces in detail. When the pictures were duplicated, Sisters helped him paint the rest of The Tree, but he was in charge of painting the faces in the duplicates. You may notice the clarity of the faces for above mentioned persons, but not so for the other people in The Tree who are "imaginary" faces.
Is this body conscious? The persons in the picture are symbolic. Would the painting have been better without the actual physical likeness of individuals, such as the generalisation for the image of Shankar, Vishnu, Buddha, Jesus etc. Could this initial error be the cause of having the actual likeness of human beings depicted in other pictures and murals to come.
The book later explains the production of the other pictures, but I haven't come to them yet. It is interesting to look back deeper at something after some time, and to look and study the paintings again, as instructed by the Murlis.
(PS : Lakshmi and Narayan does not get mentioned. Must have been done after).
(PS2 : Names have been quoted which have appeared in BK literature).