Thursday, March 17, 2011
DEath of the Historical Buddha, Kamakura Pd, Japan ca 1333, Hanging scroll; ink, gold, and mineral pigments on silk In Buddhism the most sacred thing that someone can do, is to become awake to the suffering of the world, and turn down the ascension to the next level. This long Japanese scroll, about the time that the Buddha moves from his humanity, and into the next world. There is marks of his ascetic life, and marks of his princely history—there are depictions of his followers. at the very top corner, his grieving mother. But all of this narrative happens in the midst of a delicate , intricate landscape. There is still grief, mourning, and  tears flow, but the cycle continues.

DEath of the Historical Buddha, Kamakura Pd, Japan ca 1333, Hanging scroll; ink, gold, and mineral pigments on silk

In Buddhism the most sacred thing that someone can do, is to become awake to the suffering of the world, and turn down the ascension to the next level. This long Japanese scroll, about the time that the Buddha moves from his humanity, and into the next world. There is marks of his ascetic life, and marks of his princely history—there are depictions of his followers. at the very top corner, his grieving mother. But all of this narrative happens in the midst of a delicate , intricate landscape. There is still grief, mourning, and  tears flow, but the cycle continues.

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