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Emerging as Buddha…
Both within and without.? I’ve always been intrigued by the classifications of artists as being in one of three realms: beginning, emerging and established.? May we all aspire to the first two and remain highly suspicious of the last!
Here is a new piece, more abstract and at the same time, I would suggest, more real.
back view - front view
We’re Told That We’re All Buddhas, but
but, we are a captive audience of standardized icons and story lines!? What to do?? Tell it new.? Show it fresh.? What else could we ever authentically do?? Tricky parts: trusting that, trusting that, trusting that.
I’m reminded of drawings that my daughters did in their early childhood.? Such conviction and surety (and purity!) in those portraits.
I’m reminded of a few of the earliest raku Buddhas I made and realize now, that it might be a good idea to revisit that squishy, likeness-free realm!
