This is the first in a series of paintings in which I am trying to ‘contain’ the painted universe (or possibly myself). These containers could be a part of the ‘golden egg’ (‘Hiraṇyagarbha) but broken, or just a fragment of the whole. As there is no lid, the contents can at any time be spilled…
Hiraṇyagarbha (Sanskrit: हिरण्यगर्भः ; literally the ‘golden womb’ or ‘golden egg’, (poetically translated as ‘universal womb’) is the source of the creation of the universe or the manifested cosmos in Vedic philosophy, as well as an avatar of Vishnu in the Bhagavata Purana. This painting is part of a series based on the golden egg or…