Pele Par (On the Other Side) is a compilation of cyanotype visuals and poems—exploring ecological representation through visual art and poetry writing. The visuals, created through the cyanotype process, respond to embodied impressions formed during time spent by the Kaveri river. They reflect imagery and sensations deeply rooted in those experiences, while also drawing from broader ecological memories across landscapes. The writings reflect how the narration of nature is often interwoven with emotion, giving the landscape an animated, living quality. Together, the poems and images evoke a sensory and emotional exploration of presence, memory, and place.
Today I’ll go to that river and lake to fill some colours
while going I asked the rays of the sun,
‘will you come with me?’
keep meeting me
at the other side of the ocean
હું પાણી બનીને રહીશ
જ્યાં જગ્યા મળશે ત્યાંથી વહીશ
જેટલી જગ્યા મળશે ત્યાં રહીશ
જરૂર પડશે તો બરફ બની જઈશ
જગ્યા નહી હોય તો વરાળ બની રહીશ અદ્રશ્ય.
જીવનનાં દરેક તબક્કે પાણી જ બનીશ
હંમેશા વહેતી રહીશ.
I will remain as water
I will flow wherever I find space
I will remain as much space as I find
If necessary, I will become ice
If there is no space, I will remain invisible as vapor.
I will remain water at every stage of life
I will always be flowing.
I saw the reflections in the river
almost of everything
that was around that
tree, bird, stone
along with
I was seeing in me reflections of
every situation happening around me.
All the above visuals and poems are complied in book named Pele Par (on the other side)
