Jottings on Zapurza : An altered state

A place for creative discovery

-To unleash our hidden potential
Not a stupor, not a coma,
An alert awareness, unity of all things..
A state beyond discrimination, duality
- Discover our latent potential
- Sensitise to the whole spectrum of channels of experience
- No boundaries; transcend limits of profession, age, class
- A journey of joy, sensitivity, creativity
- Activities to engage body, mind, heart, soul and spirit
- Sensitivity to elements : Air, breeze, wind, storm, rain, drizzle,
storms, cold, heat, shade, darkness, light, known, unknown, space
volumes, contraction, expansion, textures rough, smooth, hot,
cold, wet, dry, tacky, vibrant, smells, olfactory differentiation,
different aromas, conditioned smells, abstract, flowers, fruits,
grains, soil, water, animals, taste, fruits, berries,
- Experiencing the place in the brief encounter, provide channels
/windows, sounds, noise, using disruption creatively, sound space,
distance, beat, rhythm, resonance, birds, wind, rain, felt sense, gut
feelings, intuition, body responses, art of listening, seeing, being,
not doing, not thinking, flow, happening
- Sensitivity to Materials : clay, soil, wood, metal, stone
- Feel of non materials :time, space
- Feel of emotions : positive/negative
- Experiencing cycles
- Sensoriums : heightened awareness of sensory inputs
- Museums of objects: man-made, natural, ideas, experiences,
paradigms,
- Library beyond books : natures objects
- Museum to carry home
- Journey of sensitising, awakening at different levels
- The Virtual museum : Global context : Capsules of experience
o The physical museum Local context :
- Past & Contemporary : Paintings, lithographs, objects
- The Design museum : The Now- Display of current art objects
- The live space : performers, crafts persons, artists
demonstrations, land art,
- The Auditoriums/amphitheatres/Conf. spaces : process oriented
space, performing arts, share experiences, journeys, connect with
different co-travellers
- Series of connections with visible environment and beyond
- Historic connection Sinhagad; Gateway to fort country
- Rural connection Kudje; village culture, traditional lifestyles,
livelihoods, folk arts, crafts, songs, games, music, food, ( Sarojini
Babar, Shanta Shelke, Sanskruti Kosh), new models of
development, vocabulary, resource literacy for urban rural youth :
Arun Deshpande, livelihood alternatives SAGY, Dabholkars Prayog
Parivar de-institutionalised, de-professionalised, de-mystified
knowledge networks with local neighbourhood resource networks
to bring prosperity for all
- Urban connection Pune: Khadakvasla and beyond, stresses,
pollution, what alternatives
- NDA connection the nation building generation yonder
- The river : journey from source to urban context. Constructed
wetland, a 10 foot journey to simulate the riverine system
- The woods : connect with regional ecology, flora fauna of pune,
wg, devrais to constructed ecosystems, orchid park
- Western ghats transvarsity, montane ecosystems, human
interface history, forts, Context based learning
- Nature trails for context based learning, nature interpretation
- Skills
- Childrens program space
- Dispersed activities
- Core frozen, icons? Inspiring, well defined structures with any
materials fulfilling all criteria for functionality program,
regenerative site response, ecological, yet aesthetically beautiful,
experientially joyful, having repeat value.
- many amorphous zones
- Provide basic shelter from elements, but transient structures,
changing with time, seasons, evolving, self organizing architecture,
forms, spaces, co-creation process, designers, architects as
facilitators.
- Architecture also a part of zapurza process
- Spaces activities amenable for this :
- learning spaces, meeting, performing, residence, creation,
experiential,
- The know how :
o Equipping with skills for articulation in different materials,
forms, concept development tools, sensitivity, creativity,
visioning, art/craft specific, materials technologies,
- Know why :
o purposive/teleology
- Know where to ?
o The goal of everything / meaning
- Know who, what, where
o Information, knowledge, learning contexts, futile by
themselves
Journey of Life : Game adventure formats
Unfolds from mundane to sublime
From I , you to we
Progressively inclusive, expanding
The only revolution, beyond social structures
Freedom from known
Zapurza is a movement, a state.. not a cult,
Learning from nature : the oldest, wisest, greatest mentor in the
laboratory of Life
Breathe consciousness : Exhale Our limited ego I : Za
Inhale totality, cosmic energy : pur
Exhale negative energies : zaa
Dont linger, hang-on , move on
Let go..
Churning process, the Cream rises
Old process of churning butter was involving,
Using Mixie is detached, could alienate if we are not conscious
Can learn to engage fully at higher level of integration in any activity :
Device, activity independent.
Technology insulates, makes you insensitive to the pain yours and
others
Living in shells..
Create opportunities for future generations
Everyone in this game needs to stretch, transcend boundaries,
Be a Verb,
Out of the box
Everything as resource
Sthitapradnya watching the Hi & Lo with detachment
Show case these gifts
Create frames to focus on the limitless
Then finally throw all frames
From the plant in My pot to whole earth my soil
Tana bana
We are weavers,the warps and wefts, all players,
Natures unsung creations, every flower blooms in celebration , our
interpretation, act of creation,
De-sign, re-sign, re-create,
Acquire all the necessary patches whatever it costs, consider natures
painting, priceless, combined of all art collection !
Buffer zones, create new models for regional development, better
than the best standards,
What are riches ?
Human kindness, inclusive, caring, loving all life forms, animate
inanimate
Great chain of being
Engage in activity
Less of talk, thinking
Divine storm/brainstorm/set up blog/dream catching/
Trusteeship
Where does I end and you begin
Body, mind ?
Download energy
Upload aspiration, empathy, love
What does the project want to be?
Create conditions for birthing; explore rational/intuitive modes
Work with same, break the mantle Zapurza
Dervishes, sufi dancers swirling
At each scale of consciousness those rules apply ! I am rich I am poor
Atomic level, cellular, microbes, colonies
Auditorium, museum, space needs, swatch book
Ambience : Auroville Boutique shops, Chennai Amethyst, Starbucks..
hangout for creatives, but on zapurza terms : no need for intoxicants,
stimulants; healthy natural food, organic, ethnic, cultural experience.
No need for intoxicants, stimulants, the ambience, nature here will
give you highs..
Dynamics of air currents, kite connection, whirlwind, tornado
Pre-design
Spin from your centre as it gets pushed to the periphery..
Swirl..twirl
Every moment spectacles, small microscopic to cosmic, biggest imax
theatre of the world, natures drama unfolds on the wide panorama.
Start blog
Need to document the process and bring everyone on board in a
convenient format.