Death filter
Death a matter of insignificance, a process just like birth, reproduction: a small event happening in the cosmos until it is a death of your dear ones.
It seems like the world is melting, everything is shrinking and the whole mass of imaginary ether pressing your head from above. Eyes get foggy even though the mind has understood what's happened completely.
I had to face a rather obvious death couple of months ago, not an immediate kith or kin but yet a very obnoxious emotion clouded over me because of the death.
The next few days of a death is intriguing & sad -both at the same time.
The death remains Insignificant compared to the next few days of rigorous rituals which will help 'sending' the soul to its suitable adobe. A hundred restrictions that have to be followed by the loved ones especially if the dead is survived by a wife alone.
And the processes are very very insensitive. There are so many diminutions which kind of constrict your trachea. The emotional turmoil I went through this 11 days was let out by these photographs. A grey filter automatically fits in your head making everything seem dull and washed out.
PS: This series was taken on the third day of a death in Harihar, Karnataka. Your brain or mind or whatever it is; will be thinking in a way which you can barely fathom.
NOTE:
In this situation, I felt it is very insensitive to carry a camera so I took all these images using a cellphone.
Some photos are of the place where the rituals were conducted. And I have used the filter latte to give all of them a washed out look.
It seems like the world is melting, everything is shrinking and the whole mass of imaginary ether pressing your head from above. Eyes get foggy even though the mind has understood what's happened completely.
I had to face a rather obvious death couple of months ago, not an immediate kith or kin but yet a very obnoxious emotion clouded over me because of the death.
The next few days of a death is intriguing & sad -both at the same time.
The death remains Insignificant compared to the next few days of rigorous rituals which will help 'sending' the soul to its suitable adobe. A hundred restrictions that have to be followed by the loved ones especially if the dead is survived by a wife alone.
And the processes are very very insensitive. There are so many diminutions which kind of constrict your trachea. The emotional turmoil I went through this 11 days was let out by these photographs. A grey filter automatically fits in your head making everything seem dull and washed out.
PS: This series was taken on the third day of a death in Harihar, Karnataka. Your brain or mind or whatever it is; will be thinking in a way which you can barely fathom.
NOTE:
In this situation, I felt it is very insensitive to carry a camera so I took all these images using a cellphone.
Some photos are of the place where the rituals were conducted. And I have used the filter latte to give all of them a washed out look.
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