Ethos of Zapurza : An altered state of consciousness

- A place for creative discovery

-To unleash our hidden potential
- Discover our latent potential
- Sensitise to the whole spectrum of experience channels
- No boundaries; transcend limits of profession, age, class
- A journey of joy, sensitivity, creativity
- Activities to engage body, mind, heart, soul and spirit
- Material sensitivity
- Sensitivity to elements : Air, breeze, wind, storm, rain, drizzle,
storms, cold, heat, shade, darkness, light, known, unknown, space
volumes, contraction, expansion, textures rough, smooth, hot,
cold, wet, dry, tacky, vibrant, smells, olfactory differentiation,
different aromas, conditioned smells, abstract, flowers, fruits,
grains, soil, water, animals, taste, fruits, berries,
- Experiencing the place in the brief encounter, provide channels
/windows, sounds, noise, using disruption creatively, sound space,
distance, beat, rhythm, resonance, birds, wind, rain, felt sense, gut
feelings, intuition, body responses, art of listening, seeing, being,
not doing, not thinking, flow, happening,
- Feel of materials : clay, soil, wood, metal, stone,
- Feel of non materials : time, space, presence
- Feel of emotions : positive/negative
- Experiencing cycles
- Sensorium
- Museums of objects man-made, natural, ideas, experiences,
paradigms,
- Library beyond books : natures objects
- Museum to carry
- Journey of sensitising, awakening at different levels
- The Virtual museum : Global context : Capsules of experience
- The physical museum Local context : Past & Contemporary,
Paintings, lithographs, objects,
- The gallery : The ‘Now’ Display of current art objects
- The live space : performers, crafts persons, artists
demonstrations, land art, time arts, vision in motion
- The Auditoriums/amphitheatres/conf spaces : process oriented
space, performing arts, share experiences, journeys, connect with
different co-travellers
- Series of connections with visible environment and beyond
- Historic connection – Sinhagad; Gateway to fort country
- Rural connection – Kudje; traditional lifestyles, livelihoods, folk
arts, crafts, songs, games, music, food, (zimma, fugadi, sarojini
babar, sanskruti kosh),
- alternative models of development, vocabulary, resource literacy
for urban rural youth : Arun Deshpande, livelihood alternatives
SAGY, Dabholkar Prayog Pariwar, Bucky Fuller : Stewardship of
Spaceship Earth
- Emerging values : Evolutionary Paradigm, Initiatives for Change
- Urban connection – Pune: Khadakvasla and beyond, stresses,
pollution, alternatives
- NDA connection – the nation building,
- The river : journey from source to urban context. Constructed
wetland, 10 foot journey with the riverine system
- The woods : connect with regional ecology, flora fauna of pune,
wg, devrais to constructed ecosystems,
- Western ghats transvarsity, mountain ecosystems, human
interface history, forts, Context based learning
- Nature trails for context based learning, nature interpretation
- Skills
- Children’s program space
- Dispersed activities
- Core frozen, icons? Inspiring, well defined structures with any
materials fulfilling all criteria for functionality program,
 regenerative site response, ecological, yet aesthetically beautiful,
experientially joyful, having repeat value.
- many amorphous zones
- Provide basic shelter from elements, but transient structures,
changing with time, seasons, evolving, self organizing architecture,
forms, spaces, co-creation process, designers architects as
facilitators. Architecture also a part of ‘zapurza’ process
- Spaces activities amenable for this :
- learning spaces, meeting, performing, residence, creation,
experiential,
- The know how :
o Equipping with skills for articulation in different materials,
forms, concept development tools, sensitivity, creativity,
visioning, art/craft specific, materials technologies,
- Know why :
o purposive/teleology
- Know where to ?
o The goal of everything / meaning
- Know who, what, where
o Information, knowledge, learning contexts, futile by
themselves
Journey of Life : Game adventure formats
Unfolds from mundane to sublime
From I , you to we
Progressively inclusive, expanding
The only revolution, beyond social structures
Freedom from known
Zapurza is not a cult, nor a movement, but a state
Zapurza ‘moments’ happen in life, in many forms, people..
Catching those moments…
Learning from nature : the oldest, wisest, greatest mentor in the
laboratory of Life
Breathe consciousness : Exhale limited I : Za
Inhale totality, cosmic energy : pur (pure)
Exhale negative energies : Za
Don’t linger, hang-on , move on
Let go
Churning process… Cream rises
Old process of churning butter was involved, the Mixie is detached !
Can learn to engage fully at higher levels of integration in any activity
Device activity independent.
Technology insulates, makes you insensitive to the pain, yours and
others
Living in shells..
Create opportunities for future generations
Everyone in this game needs to stretch, transcend boundaries,
Be a Verb,
Out of the box
Everything as resource
Sthitapradnya watching the Hi & Lo with detachment
Showcase these gifts
Create frames to focus on the limitless
Then finally throw all frames
From the plant in ‘My’ pot to ‘whole earth’ my soil
Tana bana
We are weavers, the warps and wefts, ajit, shirish, dilip and so on,
Natures unsung creations, every flower blooms in celebration , our
interpretation, act of creation,
De-sign, re-sign, re-create,
Everything is process, at any stage complete-incomplete
Being centred in Process, art emerges, a by-product
Buffer zones, create new models for regional development, better
than the best standards,
What are riches ?
Human kindness, inclusive, caring, loving all life forms, animate
inanimate
Great chain of being
Engage in activity
Less of talk or thinking
Divine storm/brainstorm/set up blog/dream catching/
Trusteeship
Where does I end… you begin
Body, mind, heart..beyond ?
Download energy from the infinite boundless source
Upload aspiration, empathy, love
What does the project want to be?
Create conditions for birthing, rational/intuitive
Work with same, break the mantle.. Zapurza oh! Zapurza..
Dervishes, sufi dancers swirling
At each scale of consciousness those rules apply ! I am rich, I am poor
Atomic level, cellular, microbes, colonies
Inspirations :
Auditorium, museum, space needs, create swatch book
Auroville, boutique shops, Amethyst
Dynamics of air currents, kite connection, whirlwind, tornado
Pre-design
Spin from your centre as it gets pushed to the periphery..
Swirl..twirl…
Every moment spectacles, small microscopic to cosmic, witness
biggest Imax theatre of the world, drama unfolds every moment.

Start blog
Need to document the process and bring everyone on board in
convenient format.

Dilip