Jenson Anto
Jenson Anto. Artist
Path
to nothingness
The
mountains had been waiting for me, every rivulet, boulder, weathered rock too.
And the icy winds let me know that. At 60kph, the wind resistance knocks down
the speed to a mere 10kph and drills sand into my nose. Melting snow has flooded
what is left of the road, the flowing rivers of icy water threatening to throw
my bike and me to the valley below along with boulders and stones to take with.
The harsh sun ever so closer, burns my skin. They all have a way to let me know
they were waiting for me. During the night, the sky has descended with an
explosion of stars. I ask them how r u all?
They
are not words anymore, they are pure energy and force to be experienced, to be
felt and they know it too.
The
mountains have taken it upon themselves to be my host. I know they have accepted
me within their folds and I am in conversation with every droplet, stone,
melting snow and my bike on the world’s highest motorable road in the
Himalayas. And yet, I am a miniscule speck of a greater body.
Meanings
disappear, knowledge too.
What
remains is an unknown presence, to be experienced.
The
same icy winds have etched their energy into the rock surface, sculpting their
way by eroding. The flowing icy waters make their mark all along the
mountainside. My conversations with the elements are making their marks in the
emptiness of thought.
A
constant search for glimpses of energy.
The
energy of moving branches, energy in flowing waters…
The
act of mark making continues at all levels in my practice. In the open, in
studio spaces, on paper and canvas the process goes on wherever I am, the frame
constantly shifting accordingly.
Jenson
Anto
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