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Our screening of Creating Buddhas at the Pacific Asia Museum in January accompanied an exhibition of thankas by master artist Pema Namdol Thaye.  I was struck by two things Pema said during his opening talk, and they’ve stayed with me over these past weeks.
He described how he approaches painting a deity.
First, he talked about the [...]

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Reflections on Tradition by Ken Mcleod

Having replaced my header with one of my non-traditional images, I found Ken McLeod’s timely reflection on tradition.
View the original post on Ken’s blog here.

another view of tradition

A tradition is an accumulation through time of inspired works, created by people who do not have tradition on their minds. If they have anything on their minds, [...]

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