Shaista Harul, Dervish (Creative 2021)

A dervish is holy man who like a monk, lives a simple life away from the temptations of the world. A dervish's whirling is part of their islamic faith. You can see a dervish man whirling in a trance like meditation to free himself from the worldy distractions and focus on his devotion to Allah. During lockdown at home I took the opportunity to explore my neighbourhood in search for same inner peace that a dervish searches for. I stumbled upon some gorgeous bush lillies in the wind that resembled a dancing dervish. I have used in camera technique called intentional camera movement to capture the movement of dance and colour. A meditative state of calmness and inner peace.

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