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 [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Creativity – from Intention to Manifestation
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Thangkas, mind, tibetan art, tagged creating, pema thaye on February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Reflections on Tradition by Ken Mcleod
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged creativity, innovation, Inspiration, lineage, tradition on February 25, 2009 | Comments Off
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, [...]