Most temples still in use are a work in progress ~ I always
loved the colonnades of gold buddhas in glass cases at
Wat Po, for the fantastic reflections. But in the past year,
there were new rooves, & ceilings, the glass had gone,
& the statues are being seated on jewelled platforms, while
artisans are still adding gold leaf on the eaves, & furniture
is stacked till there's space somewhere else.
I had both cameras, alternating when one got too hot.
Because of the process of metal casting
all the buddhas have small differences, apart from mudras etc,
there are some I feel particularly drawn to (maybe 50 or more!),
& if by another sculptor, the faces are as unique as the
understanding that informed them. (Tibetan thangka painters
have told me they must become the deity being painted)
loved the colonnades of gold buddhas in glass cases at
Wat Po, for the fantastic reflections. But in the past year,
there were new rooves, & ceilings, the glass had gone,
& the statues are being seated on jewelled platforms, while
artisans are still adding gold leaf on the eaves, & furniture
is stacked till there's space somewhere else.
I had both cameras, alternating when one got too hot.
Because of the process of metal casting
all the buddhas have small differences, apart from mudras etc,
there are some I feel particularly drawn to (maybe 50 or more!),
& if by another sculptor, the faces are as unique as the
understanding that informed them. (Tibetan thangka painters
have told me they must become the deity being painted)
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