just quickly quickly jotting down some interesting ideas amma came up with... So while trying to find that seed, a starting point into my argument about indian asthetics in product design, she pointed out some interesting associations...
1. about design for timelessless - like a sari is flexible, and meant to passed down from generation to gernation, kitchen utensiles are meant to be passed down from generation to generation
2. about dance, and the inherant feeling of balanced poses, ballet versus, bharatnatyam
3. about about indian ideas and crafts tending to try to understnad the language of the material and obey, rather than the western concept of conquest, and make the material do something would rather not do!
4. indian classical music is introspective, while western is almost like a conquest..
5. Notions of cleanliness, and how they differ form the individual and the surroundings..

So some words like 'introspective' 'flexible' 'durable' ..

Makes sense?