Altercation

Part of my series, Intra-Psychic musings... more

by Padmakar Kappagantula

Title

Altercation

Artist

Padmakar Kappagantula

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

Description

Part of my series, "Intra-Psychic musings"

The set of figuratives is my on-going series, loosely titled as "Intra-psychic communion". Nudes here represent complete psychological nudity in facing self, stripped off every defence. The theme essentially revolves around the masculine/feminine coding socially received, developted and acted upon with neglect of the other side and therefore the aftermath in our existence. A balanced state is where the masculine and feminine parts of self are in complete harmony with each other (represented through the two works on Communion) thus imparting a certain peace to the soul and giving the ability to act authentic, make choices without a care for stigma, and find fulfilment.-------------------------------

This work represents "Altercation".------------

In our life, being used to the masquerades and the labels attached (by self and others), we own those parts of us that we value and disown those parts which we abhor for various reasons. In the process of doing so, over a period, a certain scattering of nature takes place, compartmentalised, locked and the keys thrown away, as if we are a composite of what we should be with the parts of what we think we should not be hidden away. In my experience, the parts hidden tend to take us by surprise and peep up many a time, also dominate over the carefully cultivated self, creating a dissonance of a different order. Do I need to be so ? Why should I not accept all that I am not as well as all that I am ? am I not negating my self through my disownments ? When do I learn to see beauty in wholesomeness with blemishes ? Do my blemishes not impart a certain mystique and earthiness to me ? How long do I play this tiresome game of putting down that which cannot be put down and disowning that which cannot be disowned ? When can I learn to hug myself for all that I am ? After my peaceful partnership with my other side, I am left altercating within, with the same questions all over again, marking the way for my disownment all over again..

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August 28th, 2010