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Ship of Life
Ship Of Life
Ceramics 52" X 22"
In this relief mural, I have compared the life of human
beings with a ship ............ strange!! Absolutely strange at an
instance , but when you read further you'll believe how similar we are
..................... strange again .......... who we? Humans and Ship
? !!! Well read this and find out what's common.
In the centre of the relief ,we see a ship with an extension of human
body at its far tip, thus introducing my theme ' similarity between
human beings and ship'. Just as a ship is directed by its sails and
goes wherever its sails forward , in the same way human beings are
guided and directed by the mind , we go wherever our mind instructs us
. Thus on the left side the sails of the ship are made hybrid with
human head (spiritual one). One can see those spiritual circles behind
the head , so as to highlight the point that it is not just a head but
a non stop thinking organ. People boarded in the ship - its passengers
are equivalent to people who are part of our life. The person trying
to get on board symbolizes those people who join us in our life at
some stage , who are not with us from birth. Just as for smooth moving
of ship , the driver needs to have a good and firm hold on its wheel -
the controlling device , in the same way , for a smooth and successful
life we must have a firm hold of our life's controlling device - our
mind. The figure at the tip of the ship points towards the sky and
birds. An ultimate dream of every man is to touch the sky, to attain
heights and to fly freely in the open sky ,like birds.
 But
at the same time , whatever height we attain , how much success we
achieve, every human being remains attached to some basic values and
ethics of his life, in the same way whatever may be the depth of water
a ship always remains attached to the base , by its anchor ; the right
arm of the human being is thus developed into an anchor. Just as a
ship covers its journey cutting through rising and falling waves , in
same way a man's life is also a journey through many ups and downs. A
mermaid on the right - a symbol of sea fantasy , symbolizes the dreams
and fantasies in our lives.
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