Kolam: Art and science of sacred geometry

Namaste 2020, global utsava of Indian soft power

For those interested in kolam, the Tamil floor painting tradition please click on the link below. I speak from 7.07mn to 18.17mn, my friend Hema and her beautiful works demonstrates the technic then we join again around 48mn until 55.23mn.

The poem I was reading:

Line:
As the moon revolves around the Earth
and as the Earth revolves around the Sun
I revolve around you
countless times and in countless ways -
up and down and in and out
north and south and east and west
straight and cross
over and under
and round and round ...

Dot:
Unless you are present
and unless you go around me
my existence does not count

Line:
Without you I am lost in myriad ways
with neither a start nor an end
and neither here nor there

Dot:
Dots are just dots
neatly arranged in rows after rows
like letters in the alphabet
You are the one
that makes words out of these letters -
Pretty patterns with beautiful words
Thoughtful motifs with meaningful words

Line:
You are constancy and I am motion
You are the heart and I am emotion
You are the beginning and I'm the end
With you I am one
without you I am none

The gentle breeze and the rustling leaves
The glowing sky and the rippled river
overhear the conversation and wondered
whether ardhanarISvara was speaking before them!

Mohana J.K Rao