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I PLAY
In beauty's sunshine-flames
I play my myriad games .[41]
I play my myriad games .[41]
As with previous volumes of Sri Chinmoy's poetry, the unity of these two major series of poems does not lie in any precise thematic arrangement but in the poet's soul-power, the pervading consciousness that brought forth and housed these various expressions.
On October 13th, 1978 Sri Chinmoy commenced writing a series of inspirational pieces on art which he entitled "Fountain Fuara," "fuara" being a Bengali equivalent for "fountain." In these aphorisms Sri Chinmoy recorded his insights and convictions on the relationship between spirituality and art. When assessed within the perspective of Sri Chinmoy's own poems and paintings, they function as an important measure of his achievement. A brief selection emphasises their role as a central reference for his artistic expressions in all fields:
Divine art
Is the crown of the heart
And the flower of the soul.
Human art represents
The measured steps of the mind.
Divine art embodies
The unfathomable dance of the soul.
The measured steps of the mind.
Divine art embodies
The unfathomable dance of the soul.
Art is Deity's self-giving
To Beauty's divinity.
To Beauty's divinity.
Man discovered in art,
God fulfilled in man.
God fulfilled in man.
Art is a secret inspiration
And sacred mouthpiece
For the Supreme Artist.[42]
And sacred mouthpiece
For the Supreme Artist.[42]
