Legendary Love of Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan for Mumtaz Mahal
When Queen Mumtaz, after bearing fourteen children, died prematurely, Shah Jahan was deliriously heart-broken. He commissioned a Royal mausoleum to preserve her memory. He 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 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 with the emotion of the Classical
style(from the bottom) and emerges into the era of Romanticism of the infinite, unbound
spirit(at the top). Again the spiritual elements of the artistic content are realized
by the listener through the working of THE CANTILEVER EFFECT.
For a melodramatic treatment of the subject of Creativity Consciousness and The Cantilever Effect, read and enjoy:
"The Three Verbs of Being"
"The Latitude Syndrome"
By
Ravi Sadana, Servant of humanity
Two resource books with step-by-step instructions for the technique of meditative-listening of your favorite non-verbal orchestral music wherein your music itself becomes meditation for growth and enjoyment