Ambika Talwar

Notes About My work as an Artist & Poet

Statement by Ambika Talwar

“…We have burned all trace of work and profession:

We have nothing but poetry and love songs now.

We sing of heart, soul, and the Beloved—

Only to burn all trace of heart, soul, and Beloved.”

~ Rumi

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A self-taught artist, I began to paint several years ago to channel my hopes, loves, desires, narratives from the subconscious into a new form. A particular emotion or idea evoked in my mind an image or a series of images. *** I would transfer it to canvas attempting to remain as true to these as possible. Now my naïve and expressionist canvas has become a playground for gestures my inner and outer world, hence the continually changing styles in the marriage of colors, dynamic and passionate.

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Sometimes my paintings are obtuse, as is life. We would like life to be without conflict and complication, but that is not possible. Conflict feeds our art so that we may move towards a greater awareness on all levels. *** While I may deal with certain aspects of the shadow, I cannot help but introduce an element from the light—how can it be otherwise? Both-and co-exist simultaneously. My younger sister pointed out to me that despite the dramatic, intense, and sometimes serious quality of my works, there is a tender something, like a softly curling leaf or smile lying hidden somewhere.

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What emerges for me, even as images reveal themselves to me, is the sense of an intense and deep connection between all living presences, as deep as the umbilical cord connecting to our deep profound core. They reveal mythical motifs and archetypes.

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I urge you to see these images as mirrors for your own “symbolic unfoldment,” for your sightings of your own mystery, for the mysterious is universal.

AMBIKA TALWAR is an India-born educator, author, artist, and wellness consultant whose ecstatic poetry is a “bridge to other worlds.” Winner of the Great India Poetry Contest (2018) and Pushcart nominee, she has authored "4 Stars & 25 Roses" (for her father); "My Greece: Mirrors & Metamorphoses," a poetic-spiritual travelogue. Her poems appear in "Breathe," "Timeless Inspirations," "The Roseate Sonnet," "We Are Here," "Grateful Conversations," "River Paws," "Beyond Words" and other collections. She is board-member of CSPS (California State Poetry Society). ~ Published in "Aatish 2," "Kyoto Journal," "Chopin with Cherries," "On Divine Names," "VIA-Vision in Action," "St. Julian Press," "Tower Journal," "Enchanting Verses," "Quill & Parchment," "Collateral Damage," several GloMag issues, and others.

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Ambika also won an award for a short film titled, "Androgyne" in 2000 at a film festival in Huy,, Belgium. Following completion of the film, she has also written 2 screenplays - they are safely tucked away for a future manifestation.

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She practices IE:Intuition-Energetics™, a fusion of holistic modalities and teaches English in college. “Poetry and holistic practices work beautifully, for language is intricately coded in us.” She lives in Los Angeles & New Delhi.

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