a land of Tibet

Through My Eyes

Di Tara Drolma ray! Almost anyway! We can see now how the hips are angled opposite to the shoulders and the powerful twist in the torso that results. I have yet to complete the arms and shoulder girdle as there is more work to be done on the torso. The clay there will tend to dry out somewhat faster so I will work on them when the torso is closer to completion. The pipe in back seems not to be in use but it is actually helping to hold the sculpture up. This is important as the clay now weighs almost a hundred fifty pounds 68 kg and angles forward sharply. The front of the torso actually ended up sagging off the armature, probably because of the mess of a few weeks ago. I was able to rebuild this fairly quickly however so it wasn't a big problem.

Here's a closeup of the face again. There are lots of subtle plane changes here that soften the face and bring it personality and a certain warmth and unconditional generosity that characterizes the advanced practitioner. Chandrigomi once said," Tara grants all unselfish prayers instantly. The other types may take longer." It is this generosity of outlook that has enabled a native people to see their aggressors as beings like themselves with the same joys and sufferings. It is a view which imparts the resiliency that has enabled Tibetans to survive over half a century of occupation. Hopefully this work will inspire the same generosity of effort for them. This sculpture then is our muddy boots prayer to Tara Drolma protectoress of Tibet. There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one!

* courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for

the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.

( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)


	Through My Eyes * Di Tara Drolma ray! Almost anyway! We can see now how the hips are angled opposite to the shoulders and the powerful twist in the torso that results. I have yet to complete the arms and shoulder girdle as there is more work to be done on the torso. The clay there will tend to dry out somewhat faster so I will work on them when the torso is closer to completion. The pipe in back seems not to be in use but it is actually helping to hold the sculpture up. This is important as the clay now weighs almost a hundred fifty pounds 68 kg and angles forward sharply. The front of the torso actually ended up sagging off the armature, probably because of the mess of a few weeks ago. I was able to rebuild this fairly quickly however so it wasn't a big problem. Here's a closeup of the face again. There are lots of subtle plane changes here that soften the face and bring it personality and a certain warmth and unconditional generosity that characterizes the advanced practitioner. Chandrigomi once said," Tara grants all unselfish prayers instantly. The other types may take longer." It is this generosity of outlook that has enabled a native people to see their aggressors as beings like themselves with the same joys and sufferings. It is a view which imparts the resiliency that has enabled Tibetans to survive over half a century of occupation. Hopefully this work will inspire the same generosity of effort for them. This sculpture then is our muddy boots prayer to Tara Drolma protectoress of Tibet. There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one! * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje. ( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)