The Glow of a Thousand Petals

In this sculptural trilogy, the body becomes a vessel, solid, heavy, seemingly opaque, yet pierced with portals that reveal a celestial rhythm within. Inspired by ancient yogic gestures from Hatha Yoga, these anthropomorphic forms cradle hidden light, suggesting that what we see is merely a sheath. Beneath skin and matter, we carry the cosmos. The palette emerges from elemental life forces: 1. Black, the fertile void 2. Red, sacred and alive in the Nepalese spirit 3. Blue, the infinite breath of ether. Each piece glows from within. Light not as illumination, but as a whisper of discipline, devotion, and the radiant possibility of becoming. The light that flickers through the hollowed spaces is not just metaphor, but memory, of fire held in stillness, of a thousand petals opening inward. To honor the ancestral current flowing through these works, each sculpture bears the name of a Sanskrit mantra. These are not titles, but intentions: Ātma Dīpo Bhava – Be your own light Yathā Bhāva Tathā Bhavati – You become what you believe Anta Asti Ārambhaḥ – The end is the beginning These are offerings, wisdom of Rishis, of teachings passed through silence and breath. Each form reaches toward a more awakened version of the self, shaped not only by clay, but by vibration, fire, and longing. This is not a story of light but it is a quiet unfolding of what was always there, waiting behind the veil.