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My journey into his life is also an attempt to understand that abiding paradox: how anarchy can coexist with harmony.
How pain can be an underlying constant in life but can also be converted into beauty. What I discovered along the way is that the life of a genius is not easy, nor harmonious.
He served as a reminder that there are spaces more intoxicating than fame. As Hans Utter wrote, compared to Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan made his life and art ‘a narrative of resistance’.
‘mirasis’,
Mirasis is a curious word
‘How about leisurely deliberation . . . A space that involves both introspection and expression, a simultaneous movement inward and outward.’
‘Serene deliberation?’ I said. ‘That long pause we all crave. Not just in music, but in the way we live.’
‘You know that the children of a genius either become drug addicts or dwarfs. It is impossible to grow under the shadow of a giant banyan. It doesn’t let the sun in,’
that the act of observation affects the object being observed.
A drop of practice is better than an ocean of theories, advice and talk.
