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    Visit a Melting Ice Buddha at the Rubin Museum of Art Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 25 Mar 2011
    This is very cool. Artist Atta Kim has sculpted a 5 1/2 feet tall, 1,300 pound seated buddha out of ice. Starting tonight at 6 p.m. the sculpture will be on display at NYC's Rubin Museum of Art as part of their Grain of Emptiness: Buddhism-Inspired Contemporary Art exhibit. It will be on view until it completely melts, a process that the should take several days.Want to visit a melting ice buddha in the middle of the night? The museum will be open overnight on Friday and remain open through normal hours on Saturday, closing at 6 p.m. More »
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    Art: Variations and Meanderings on the Mandala Paid Member

    Posted by Monty McKeever on 23 Mar 2011
    via ARTFIXdaily, on the new works by Robert Walker at Heather James Fine Art, Approaching painting as a sculptor, Walker’s new work combines the usage of intricate bas-relief surfaces produced from multi-layers of segmented paint that are fused together, producing multi-colored images and topographical surface areas.  Walker has long been a student of Buddhism and his abstract compositions are variations of traditional images used in Buddhist illustration.Walker’s drawings are essentially non-traditional in the use of materials and include a series of what he calls “Hard Drawings” which are variations and meanderings on the mandala. Read the whole piece here. More »
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    Watch beautiful video "108 Bowls: A Water Mala" Paid Member

    Posted by Rachel on 22 Mar 2011
    Happy World Water Day! In celebration of WWD, we're giving attention to water by watching "108 Bowls: A Water Mala." The beautiful video was produced by Hermitage Heart, an organization in Garrison, NY founded by Tricycle friend and contributor Bonnie Myotai Treace. From Hermitage Heart's website: More »
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    The Buddha of the future will have six-pack abs Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 04 Mar 2011
    As Chade-Meng Tan points out in his lastest blog post, enlightenment can look good. At least, that's what this first century Gandharan representation of Maitreya, the future Buddha, seems to indicate. Look at those abs! Meng writes: More »
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    The Practice of Contemplative Photography Paid Member

    Posted by Monty McKeever on 02 Mar 2011
    The inexpressable is the only thing that is worthwhile expressing.—Frederick Franck, The Zen of Seeing The book The Practice of Contemplative Photography: Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes, by Andy Karr and Micheal Wood, just arrived at the office and I am quite taken with the beautiful artwork and thoughtful insights within its pages. via the Book's Facebook page, More »
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    Buddha at Wat Si Saket, Vientiane Paid Member

    Posted by Philip Ryan on 01 Mar 2011
    This Buddha is speaking to me today. From the Flickr stream of Hanoi Mark. More »