The Soul That Art at Rest

The show ‘The Soul That Art at Rest’ is the result of continuous engagement with my immediate surrounding, Kondotty, where I was born and brought up. The land has a unique place in my life and manifestations.  Socio- cultural life of the land provides a different viewpoint to look at the discourses different from mainstream understanding.

The essays of renowned Mahakavi Mooyeen Kutty Vaidyar, the melodies of Cheenimuttu, the large account of Arabi Malayalam literature, Kondotty Valiya Nercha; the carnival of the Neerch, the architectural Marvels of Kondotty Kubba and Takkiya, different ethnic communities ranging from Pathan’s to Amarans, Sufi teachings of Valia Mohammad Sha Thangal,and the popular belief gnosis create a mystic reality even in this high time of modality.

The life of the land is moulded around local belief and rituals which is common among the masses irrespective of religious and ethnic differences. The belief and rituals provide a meaning to life and the energy of life is deeply rooted in pre-modern philosophy.

The knowledge of gnosis proposed by Valiya Muhammad and his descendants were the extraction and localization of various philosophical doctrines like Arabian Persian, Indian and Dravidian and such knowledge systems overcome the boundaries of rational and empirical notions. The celebration of these philosophies and its reality creates a unique cultural point where the memories and beings act as a part of collective unconsciousness