#motherearth
April 22nd is also International Mother Earth Day. A day to reflect the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet we all inhabit.
Animals and ascetics in a landscape
Place of production: Hyderābād, Andhra Pradesh, India
Opaque watercolor on paper
36.7 x 24.7 cm
Culture
Indian
Islamic
Style / period
Deccani
ca. 1690
Repository: Aga Khan, Prince Sadruddin - Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
HOLLIS number: olvwork58545
An entrance to spring
Hello dear ranger, remember as you pass through this march as the little marshes wash away against your boot as you trip over cobblestones and jump over walls The forest will always be watching and waiting as you trace my leaves that have started to grow from my branches. Pick the fruit from my from my trees as my arms. Reach down to curse your face with my leaves as the raindrops onto your head The wind will constantly whisper your name, whisking you away too far away places, but also do not forget my sister the highlands as her grass grows into a warm summer. We will currently be entering spring. Don’t forget to rest against her deer beds as you carefully make your bed of hay. Don’t forget the cows that are grazing in the fields or the sky. That is so blue and wondrous like a sea up above instead of seafoam you’ll be looking at clouds washing away the night sky as the sun dips into the day. But dear ranger, I do not only have a sister in the Highlands. I also have a sister in the mountains. Remember as you climb her rocks and her terrain as her snow melts as you step and crunch through the harsh winter into my sister’s and their spring. Remember how you feel and how you have survived through this harsh winter many things have come gone but you and my sibling stay constant now. Go along dear ranger, I’ll always be waiting with my branches extending to you.