December 22, 2008
- Buddha Figures -
I have been wanting to visit the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art for a few years now, but the first two attempts I made only got me into the lounge, never up to the actual artwork. Extenuating circumstances and all that…
Now though, I think it was that something was looking out for me, or I just wasn’t ready before, because when I finally made it in to the exhibits a little while back, I happy to find that I could truly appreciate the art, and was able to almost interact with it, on a psychologicla, spiritual level. It was here that I first had an understanding of the term Yab-Yum, and how the masculine and feminine principles relate to compassion and wisdom, respectively. This later lead to an experience of the manifest/unmanifest energies within me, that give rise to this essay.
I was also happy to find out that they allow photography in their main exhibition halls. Here are the best of my photos from the visit.
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These are beautiful, I wish I could go and see these… that’s awesome that they allow photography, so few places do.
Comment by C8lin — December 30, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
Thanks! It was definitely a surprise. It’s only the first few floors though. The top floors, which had a special exhibit from Bhutan when I went, are all off limits to cameras.
Actually, when I walked into the special exhibit, the first thing I saw was “The Dark One” standing on Ganesh. I took a picture and was immediately told to put my camera away (that’s why it’s a bit blurry).
So this one’s maybe the only picture of this in existence! ;)
http://www.reclusland.com/photo/buddha_figures/100_3849.JPG
(background blacked through the magic of photoshop!)
Comment by Ian — December 30, 2008 @ 3:04 pm