The Secret Flow of Silence
       
     
 The water, streams, leaves all have melted here, together in this dance, as if a painter has taken a great brush and created unending symmetry.   Here, the unknown is known, and restful peace is at last got; and then, when you sit back and gaze up a
       
     
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The Secret Flow of Silence
       
     
The Secret Flow of Silence

There is this park bench on which I sit. This bench in real life does not exist, nor does the garden.


But, here there is silence, all permeating; and the cacophony of life is merged into a motion, where “it all makes sense”.


Here, the sun is beaming thousand fold. But it is not hot. Rather it is cool and warm at the same time, as if a great love is physically embracing.

 The water, streams, leaves all have melted here, together in this dance, as if a painter has taken a great brush and created unending symmetry.   Here, the unknown is known, and restful peace is at last got; and then, when you sit back and gaze up a
       
     

The water, streams, leaves all have melted here, together in this dance, as if a painter has taken a great brush and created unending symmetry.


Here, the unknown is known, and restful peace is at last got; and then, when you sit back and gaze up at the sky, the secret flow of the unending silence is finally revealed.

 

Bivas_Bhattacharjee_A distant memory of a dream copy.jpg_24in x 36in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_A twilight poetry of a tall grass._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_A young tree. An old river._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_Above, stars were forming in the sky._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2011.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_An old light.Deep shadows copy.jpg_24in x 36in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_Here silence. Beyond a stream._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_If you go deep enough…_36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_Just beyond, the vastness. Here your silence copy.jpg_24in x 36in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_Nostalgia of a still lake._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_The branches were hiding you that day copy.jpg_24in x 36in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_The dance of the tall trees..jpg_24in x 36in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_The distant banks of a tiny pond._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_The earth split. You were unharmed copy.jpg_24in x 36in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
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Bivas_Bhattacharjee_The shades of the Sun … A Mountain below._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2012.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_The slow waves of transformation._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_The Sun still. The leaves passing._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_The Sun that took over a Day._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2011.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_This is where I saw you looking copy.jpg_24in x 36in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg
       
     
Bivas_Bhattacharjee_You were just beyond._36in x 24in_Photograph on Archival Paper_2013.jpg