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January 30, 2007
buddhist art
buddha's image can be found in the weirdest locations - pubs, cafes, restaurants, discos, the most unlikely of places to display sacred images. almost a sacrilege come to think of it, yet it neither provokes nor inspire hate speeches. it's quite astonishing really, how pliant the buddhist art is - adapting with times and reinventing itself to remain relevant. there's the riotously coloured kinda buddhist art, which can get quite kitsch. there's the abstract version, with almost zen like minimalism, which is rather trendy these days. perhaps the art has transcended the borders of religion to became a symbolic representation of serenity and peace.
i for one always pause to examine his face - the meditative gaze, slender fingers divinely curved into a mudra, the tranquil smile, elongated earlobes. most of all i love his hair - little spiral curls that look like snails uniformly punctuating his bald head.
legend has it that when siddharta left the palace, he mimicked monks who shave their heads by cutting his hair off. and when he did, the uncut locks snapped into little coils. so that's where the hair art originated from.
posted by nyx at January 30, 2007 8:45 PM
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