Indian Newslink August 1, 2016 Digital Edition

AUGUST 1, 2016
ARTLINK-Ratna Venkat
Like good friends, Trees shed love and pleasantness
Ashok Kochhar
kochhara55@gmail.com
There are various kinds
of creative heads and
everyone thinks as per
their own wisdom. Few
are responsible towards existence
and the balance between
one’s being and Nature (or
Purush & Prakriti).
When I am with Nature and
taking pictures, I try to understand
the deep relationship
of every living organism with
the ultimate called ‘Prakriti’
(Nature).
I have been taking pictures all
around India and other places,
and now in New Zealand.
In my recent encounter with
Trees, I found a unique expression.
They have a major source
to communicate with vibrations
and energy to the outer world
through a vast medium of the
sky.
Overwhelming Magic
It is truly magical and overwhelming
to sit under a tree
and watch the branches reaching
out to the skies, as if a child
is looking up to a grown up and
telling a fascinating story. The
branches are always moving,
ever so restless like the energy
of a child and the sky too seems
to be listening with a wise stability
and calmness.
It may sound weird, but now
we know that trees have strong
signals of communication between
them. Science proved it
early 20th century.
Whenever I am taking picture
of trees, I feel their energy
intensely.
Not only that, my understanding
is that they provide permission
of when to take picture. I
would like to state an example.
For the past few months, I have
been planning to photograph
Red Woods at Rotorua and even
after four attempts, I could not
shoot the space.
All the time I was fully
equipped to take pictures but
something just did not allow me
to proceed with my profession.
My understanding to this episode
is that energies are not favorable
to take pictures.
Anyway, that is more of a philosophical
approach.
I invite you to look at my collection
of these wonder-filled
living legends who are there
as our lifeline to support us
unconditionally.
Ashok Kochhar, as we have
come to understand, has transcended
the prowess of a photographer
to that of a philosopher.
He is a lover of Nature
and Nature must be treating
him as its great friend.
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