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Indian Wisdom: 365 Days
Indian Wisdom 365 Days celebrates those who live in harmony with the forces of earth and sky, who aspire to nirvana - the highest level of heart, body and mind-consciousness.
- GenresIndia
Hardcover
First published November 1, 2004
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Olivier Föllmi
82 books7 followersOlivier Föllmi willingly describes himself as a “world photographer”.
Profoundly impressed by the Himalayan world, he and his wife, Danielle, founded their family by adopting four Tibetan children. They have also created an educational aid association in the Himalayas : HOPE. This love story has become world renown and has received some of the most prestigious awards.
It was in developing a passion for other lands that Olivier Föllmi has become a great “traveling photographer”. This is the price in which “to have something to share, to say and to show. A perfect photo, but devoid of sense, will never equal a blurry photo with a touching message".
Each of their travels gave birth to a book with photos and texts that are a veritable ode to life and the means to share the emotion with the greatest number of people.
Profoundly impressed by the Himalayan world, he and his wife, Danielle, founded their family by adopting four Tibetan children. They have also created an educational aid association in the Himalayas : HOPE. This love story has become world renown and has received some of the most prestigious awards.
It was in developing a passion for other lands that Olivier Föllmi has become a great “traveling photographer”. This is the price in which “to have something to share, to say and to show. A perfect photo, but devoid of sense, will never equal a blurry photo with a touching message".
Each of their travels gave birth to a book with photos and texts that are a veritable ode to life and the means to share the emotion with the greatest number of people.
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August 20, 2016
This is a perennially re-useable volume of days, combining Indian wisdom with striking photographs of the countryside and its people.
Simple enough, the book has a quotation and a photograph for each day of the year. The quotes are drawn from venerable spiritual texts such as The Bhagavad Gita and The Vedas and from spiritual philosophers ranging from Swami Vivekananda and Maa Purnananda to Mahatma Gandhi and Rabrindranath Tagore.
The quotations are subtly organised into a spiritual progression through the year, considering the universe, one’s place in it, the condition of humanity and ultimately the nature of freedom. The cumulative effect is quite liberating as the themes of self–understanding and thinking rightly emerge day by day.
The splendid photographs, by Danielle and Olivier Follmi, are a striking mix of intimate personal shots of people at their daily activities or simply there, and broader landscapes and urban scenes. My favourites are 11 June, with an elephant at a Tiruchirappalli temple, touching a young boy’s head with its trunk and 21 May, an expansive view of the Ganga at Varanasi.
Simple enough, the book has a quotation and a photograph for each day of the year. The quotes are drawn from venerable spiritual texts such as The Bhagavad Gita and The Vedas and from spiritual philosophers ranging from Swami Vivekananda and Maa Purnananda to Mahatma Gandhi and Rabrindranath Tagore.
The quotations are subtly organised into a spiritual progression through the year, considering the universe, one’s place in it, the condition of humanity and ultimately the nature of freedom. The cumulative effect is quite liberating as the themes of self–understanding and thinking rightly emerge day by day.
The splendid photographs, by Danielle and Olivier Follmi, are a striking mix of intimate personal shots of people at their daily activities or simply there, and broader landscapes and urban scenes. My favourites are 11 June, with an elephant at a Tiruchirappalli temple, touching a young boy’s head with its trunk and 21 May, an expansive view of the Ganga at Varanasi.
June 29, 2018
Great photography and a tonne of quotes to ponder.
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