Structure and Imagery

Nehal Devi, Video still from  Aham , 2020 Nehal Devi, Video still from Aham , 2020 Aham , Nehal Devi, 2020 I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, but I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower. I have been circling for thousands of years, and I still don’t know: am I a falcon, a storm, or a great song? Rainer Maria Rilke Nehal Devi, Video still from Aham , 2020 Nehal Devi   is a yogini and an artist, who expresses herself through varied forms: painting, performance, and moving/still images. She explores the seemingly paradoxical relationship between Nehal, the ‘self’ identified with her name and form (the relative ‘I’), and Devi, the unchanging unidentified ‘Self’ (the absolute ‘I’). Her work focuses on I-I. All Images & Content  © Nehal Devi 2020

Digital image of traditional Indian miniature reworked by Nehal Devi Original: Krishna and His Family Admire a Solar Eclipse, Kangra school, India, 1710 - 1778;  from the Freer + Sackler Collection Jyeshtha Purnima, This full moon Give up your seeking. What you seek Is seeking you, In a way far beyond You or your seeking. Remember, when you see the Moon today Thousands who are seeing too. And in that seeing We are all connected. This full moon, knowing The isolation is an illusion, And in that knowing We are all connected. by Nehal Devi Nehal Devi is a yogini and an artist, who expresses herself through varied forms: painting, performance and moving/still images. She explores the seemingly paradoxical relationship between Nehal, the ‘self’ identified with her name and form (the relative ‘I’) and Devi, the unchanging unidentified ‘Self’ (the absolute ‘I’). Her work focuses on I-I.