Bimba

Bimba is an expression of the love and art of Deepika Amma. Bimba stands in this time and space as a place of beauty. Of thoughts and love for mother nature. Of sustainable practices and vision that has shaped the buildings as well as the fabrics, metal, wood and clay into the pieces of art on display in the art hut.

While I was sitting in the courtyard, looking at the things on the walls, the building crafted by Amma, with her own hands. I wondered, what would happen to this place when they pass away. They don't own the land. There's no trust. There's no people who can do what Amma does.

Everything that she has done, will do, exists in this sliver of time and place. It did not exist before 2011. Nor will it, after a certain time. This inescapable truth of life can be hard to fathom, easy to forget. So we do, we forget it. And whenever we are faced with it, we shudder. Of what will be. Of th

But that's not what Bimba is. It is about the present. About the now.

And Bimba will remain. In our hearts and minds. In the lessons that we've learnt. In the art in our homes. In our memories.