Trickster TheyyamTheyyam of Good OmenGreat Mother TheyyamGerminal TheyyamTheyyam of Innocent TruthHeroic TheyyamSorcerer TheyyamDrunken TheyyamSinging TheyyamFire Goddess Theyyam

Theyyam of Innocent Truth
Theyyam of Innocent Truth

£575

 Acrylic on canvas. W 32", H 40"; 76 x 102 cm

Your masks are mystery-making

Yet you are truth-tellers

Your headdresses are fire, fire
That burns mercilessly
 
The villagers are looking at you
But you are safe

Hidden behind your masks
You can outstare their stares
 
Listen, your elaborate singing
Takes us to the stars
Where the universe is naked

And the truth
Travels like light
                        in every direction

Poem by Linda Marshall


 


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