{"id":17800,"date":"2020-05-03T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/gallery\/2020\/may\/03\/be-still-12-images-to-evoke-silence-peace-and-calm-reflection-in-pictures"},"modified":"2020-05-03T05:00:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T20:00:33","slug":"be-still-12-images-to-evoke-silence-peace-and-calm-reflection-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=17800","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Be still&#8217;: 12 images to evoke silence, peace and calm reflection &ndash; in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago the photographer Palani Mohan received life-saving heart surgery. After his recovery he started to see the world and his work differently. He was drawn to images, old and new, that evoked silence and peace, and inspired reflection. \u2018As we spend these days and weeks at home, I\u2019m grateful for this time I have with my thoughts, and to witness the power of the small good things that surround us,\u2019 he says. \u2018My hope, especially in these difficult times, is that when you look at these images you can find a place for yourself within them, and be still.\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gallery\/2019\/sep\/09\/the-last-rickshaws-of-kolkata-in-pictures\">Palani Mohan: the last rickshaws of Kolkata \u2013 in pictures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/gallery\/2020\/may\/03\/be-still-12-images-to-evoke-silence-peace-and-calm-reflection-in-pictures\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago the photographer Palani Mohan received life-saving heart surgery. After his recovery he started to see the world and his work differently. He was drawn to images, old and new, that evoked silence and peace, and inspired reflection. \u2018As we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,41,43,71,48,62,432,1385,241,92,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-design","category-asia-pacific","category-australia-news","category-culture","category-hong-kong","category-india","category-kashmir","category-mongolia","category-nepal","category-photography","category-south-and-central-asia"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17801,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17800\/revisions\/17801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}