Legendary Love of Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan
for Mumtaz Mahal.
When Queen Mumtaz, after bearing fourteen children, died prematurely,
Shah Jahan was heart-broken.
He commissioned a Royal mausoleum to preserve her memory. Shahjahan used an old ruse
to inspire Master Isa Afandi into creating Taj Mahal, the seventh wonder
of the old world.
Left: A floor to ceiling, see-through marble window at the
Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
The pierced design in mirrored patterns with progressive variations, is reminescent of
Mozart's music, written in the same style of repeating notes with variations.
This flawless structure, admired for its simplicity,
has a profound emotional appeal. The listener/beholder
realizes the emotion expressed in the artistic content through the working of THE
CANTILEVER EFFECT.
Right: This pierced stone window from a mosque at
Ahmedabad, India, shows how musical elements can be captured and frozen
in stone. The window depicts Beethoven's third symphony, The Eroica, in
which the composer approaches the portal (from the bottom)with the emotion of the Classical
style and emerges into the era of Romanticism of the infinite, unbound
spirit, at top. Again the Spiritual elements of the artistic content are realized
by the listener through the working of THE CANTILEVER EFFECT.
For a full treatment of the subjects of Creativity Consciousness, The Cantilever Effect and an intimacy with mysticism read and enjoy
"THE THREE VERBS OF BEING"
"THE LATITUDE SYNDROME"
by
Ravi Sadana,
servant of humanity You will also read the details of the popular ruse of the times
and feelings hidden by composers in music