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Buddha*

Awakened to the light . . . and a legacy to uphold . . . for all mankind . . .

2010

Metallic Gel Pen on Illustration Board

*Siddhartha sits under the Bodhi tree, awakening to the universe to become the first Buddha. Above him hovers the great Naga, protecting him in the form of the Mandorla of the Eight Truths.
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JoeOdinsson's avatar
I really am drawn to how you manifest the 'feeling' of the infinite, and in this picture the ego of our ideas for what a 'buddha is' has been abstracted to the point of washing the illusion away for the sake of exposing the current underneath.  Beautiful!