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I was born and raised in Germany and as long as I remember I was drawn to art and loved to paint, take photographs and write poetry. After finishing school I wanted to go to the art school (Kunstakademie) in Karlsruhe, Germany. Though I was admitted, I did not choose this path. More than the serious resistance of my family, the argument of a good artist friend of mine was responsible for this decision: "If you want your creativity stifled and bent to the ideas of other artists, go." I didn't. Instead, I studied Indology (Eastern Indian languages, religions and philosophy) and received my Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 1979. More than 13 years of post graduate research in India followed, which brought me in contact with spiritual masters and many great Indian musicians and artists. I became deeply engrossed in all aspects of Indian culture, received the name Sautamali and increasingly devoted time to express my experiences, thoughts and beliefs through drawings, paintings, photographs and poetry. Besides being an artist,
I work as author and translator of mostly spiritual books for various publishers
in Germany. My new translation from Sanskrit into German of the major Upanishads
came out in 1996. For more details visit my website at www.turstig.net.
Recently my wife Bee Zollo and I moved to Santa Fe, NM, and in this artistic
atmosphere my creativity found new ways to manifest and to express my metaphysical
interests and insights. I developed a composite technique working with
my own photographs, with digital enhancement using various computer software,
different printing methods on diverse surfaces and additional drawing and
painting by hand.
Artist’s Statement Digital Fine Art is based on a computer and appropriate software, technological tools that have pushed the limits of creativity far beyond the possibilities of more traditional art. Yet, how an artist uses these exciting tools and explores their possibilities and limitations is – as with any other medium and tool - determined by each artist’s skill and talent. A unique feature of Digital Fine Art is the possibility to share it with the world immediately and with fantastic speed via the internet. New venues of transverbal communication are thus opened up. Whether or not an image carries a message beyond itself, it certainly contributes to an international understanding and transcultural exchange that may well become the necessary ground on which lasting peace on this planet is feasible. Thus I see my digital artwork as a way to share my life experience and non-verbal understanding with people all over the world, initiating a dialogue that bypasses all seeming differences. This unmediated directness is infinitely more personal, leaves less space for misunderstanding, moves us closer together and helps us realize once again that we are all interconnected and more alike than unalike. It is my firm conviction that this fast, active and interactive creative process of sharing Digital Fine Art is a step on the way of us humans back to our place as part of nature rather than this selfproclaimed final peak of evolution and selfimposed rulers of our home planet. This humbling realization may well turn out to facilitate enlightened and conscious global awareness.
EDUCATION:
1975/76 - 1978/79: Study
of Indology 1 (Classical Indology), Indology 2
1973 - 1975: Study at the
Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit (C.A.S.S.),
1972 - 1972/73: Study of Indology, Comparative Religions and Ethnology at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany 1970/71 - 1971/72: Study
of Indology, Classical Oriental Studies, and Phlilosophy at the Albert-Ludwigs-University,
Freiburg i.Br., Germany
RESEARCH:
New York, USA. Indian Languages; Religious and Philosophical Traditions of India 1987 - 1990: Research and Teaching at the SYDA Foundation in Ganeshpuri, Maharashtra, India. Indian Languages, Religions and Philosophies 1983 - 1986: Project on Religious Rites in Maharashtra, India, in affiliation with the C.A.S.S., University of Poona, and the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, India 1979 - 1982: Project on Indian
Philosophy, at the C.A.S.S., University of Poona, India
POSITIONS:
1983: Teaching assignment
for Sanskrit at the South Asia Institute,
1976 - 1979: Research and
Teaching Assistant at the South Asia Institute,
HONORS:
1979 - 1982: Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 1977 - 1979: Scholarship
from the West-German Government
PUBLICATIONS: by Hans-Georg Türstig, Ph.D. Ein Beitrag zur Atomtheorie
des Nyàya-Vai÷eùika-Systems.
JYOTIúA. Das System
der Indischen Astrologie.
Über Entstehungsprozesse
in der Philosophie des Nyàya-Vai÷eùika-Systems.
The Indian Sorcery called
Abhicàra. In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde
Yantracintàmaõiþ
of Dàmodara. Critical edition of the Sanskrit-Text.
Righteousness, Wealth, Pleasure, and Liberation. In: Darshan. In the Company of the Saints. Vol. 90. SYDA, South Fallsburg, NY, USA, September 1994. The Roots of Knowledge. Part 1: The Vedas and Upanishads. In: Darshan. In the Company of the Saints. Vol. 112. SYDA, South Fallsburg, NY, USA, Juli 1996. The Roots of Knowledge. Part 2: Three Schools of Vedanta. In: Darshan. In the Company of the Saints. Vol. 113. SYDA, South Fallsburg, NY, USA, August 1996. Righteousness, Wealth, Pleasure, and Liberation. In: Darshan. In the Company of the Saints. Vol. 120. SYDA, South Fallsburg, NY, USA, March 1997. Saktipata. In: Dialog der Religionen, 7.Jg., Heft 2, S. 27-43. Chr. Kaiser / Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1997. Ed. and tr.: Hans-Georg Türstig.
Die Weisheit der Upanischaden. Klassiker indischer Spiritualität.
Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt, 1996.
TRANSLATIONS: by Dr.
Hans-Georg Türstig, Ph.D.
Arun Kolatkar. (Kàëyà Kavità.) Schwarze Gedichte. Translated from Marathi into German. Heidelberger Südasien Texte 4. Südasien-Institut, Heidelberg, 1978. Translation of poetry from
Marathi into German in: Günther Sontheimer: Südasien-Anthologie.
Lyrik von Arun Kolatkar.
Translation of poetry from Marathi into German in: Gelobt sei der Pfau. Indische Lyrik der Gegenwart. Ed. by Alokeranjan Dasgupta. Schneekluth, München, 1986. Co-Translator: Entzünde die Flamme in meinem Herzen. Ausgewählte Reden von Gurumayi Chidvilasananda. 2 vols. Siddha Yoga Verlag, München. 1989. Co-Translator: Asche zu meines
Gurus Füssen. Gedichte von Gurumayi Chidvilasananda. Published by
the SYDA Foundation. 1990.
Tr.: Sulak Sivaraksa. (Seeds
of Peace.) Saat des Friedens.
Tr.: Jane Hundley. (The Power of Personal Presence.) Die Macht Ihrer Aus-strahlung. Vom Image zum wahren Selbst. Aurum Verlag, Braunschweig, 1995. Tr.: Chungliang Al Huang / Jerry Lynch. (Thinking Body, Dancing Mind - TaoSports for Extraordinary Performance in Athletics, Business, and Life.) TaoSport. Denkender Körper - tanzender Geist. Verlag Hermann Bauer, Freiburg, 1995. Tr.: Ravi Ravindra. (The Yoga of Christ.) Mystisches Christentum. Das Johannesevangelium im Licht östlicher Weisheit. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt, 1996. Tr.: Claude Whitmyer, Hrsg. (Mindfulness and Meaningful Work.) Arbeit als Weg. Buddhistische Reflexionen von Robert Aitken, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shunryo Suzuki, Tarthang Tulku u.a. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt, 1996. Tr.: John Douillard. (Body, Mind and Sport.) Fit mit Âyurveda. Falken Verlag, Niedernhausen, 1996. Tr.: Thich Nhat Hanh. (Hermitage among the Clouds.) Das Wolkenkloster. Aurum Verlag, Braunschweig, 1997. Co-Tr.: Arvind Sharma (Ed.). (Our Religions.) Innenansichten der großen Religionen. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt, 1997. Tr.: V. Verma. (Âyurveda for enhancing work efficiency.) Ayurveda. Gesund und erfolgreich im Alltag und Beruf. Urania Verlag, Neuhausen, Schweiz, 1997. Tr.: Kathryn Solisti und Michael Tobias (Hrsg.). (Intimate Relationships.) Ich spürte die Seele der Tiere. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH&Co., Stuttgart,1997. Tr.: V. Verma. (Patañjali's Yoga and its Practice in Âyurveda.) Gesundheit durch Yoga und Ayurveda. Patanjalis Yoga-Sutras und ihre Anwendung auf Ayurveda. Urania Verlag, Neuhausen, Schweiz, 1998. Tr.: Alexandra David-Néel: (The Secret Oral Teachings in Tibetan Buddhist Sects; Les Enseignements Secrets des Bouddhistes Tibétains.) Die geheimen Lehren des tibetischen Buddhismus. Adyar , Satteldorf 1998. Tr.: Hart deFouw and Robert Svoboda. (Light on Life.) Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH, Berlin, approx. 2000. Tr.: Thomas Merton. (The Wisdom of the Desert. Sayings of the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century.) Die Weisheit der Wüste. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt, 1999. Tr.: Prem Prakash (The Yoga
of spiritual devotion.) and Barbara Stoler Miller (Yoga. Discipline of
Freedom.) YOGA. Der innere Weg zur Freiheit. Die Yogasutras des Patanjali
und Naradas Bhaktisutras. Wolfgang Krüger Verlag, Frankfurt, 1999.
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