Osian's Auction Catalogue India The Passionate Detachment | February 2001

38 A Philosophical Framework There is a stage in every creative journey where many of the ideas & intentions with which one grapples, finds deepest clarity. An artist will change in many ways over time, yet certain phases stand out which best characterize their creative relevance and its significance. This significance is essentially determined by the manner in which one’s consciousness grasps its material duty and the inevitable pain this meeting implies. Stubbornness, Will, Idealism, Imagination & Wisdom are the changing states of mind which try to Absorb, Balance, Discipline, Play & Surrender, with the outer forces, ranging from All Else to Tradition, Pain to Logic. India: the Passionate Detachment