Inspiration derives from infinite sources, winding its way through the conscious and sub-levels of consciousness. Like the skeins of silk woven as a tapestry, or the hues combined to congeal as a ‘colour’, the imagery unfolding across a picture plane is divergent and often unpredictable. Nevertheless, environment and snatches of refrain do infect and affect and effect an artist’s renderings. Since his recent move to Delhi, no doubt the motifs and concepts with which Ramesh Terdal has been working have changed. He must be wary of the overly stated import o