Tuesday, March 15, 2011

How to depict a raga from lines?




I had an experience with Guru Nithya Chaithanya Yathi. Once he drew a diagramatic pattern with a single line without lifting his hand from the paper and then he asked me to translate that picture on my violin. I was stunned for a moment. Never before that have I thought of such an idea. But if Guru says, I just do it. I have nothing to think about it. I simply started. To my wonder, a beautiful raga emerged. Guru was listening with his eyes closed. I felt like a kid walking holding it's father's index finger. The lines took me through hills and valleys. That was an incredible journey.............. 

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