...If his words are visible.
This piece to me is pretty amazing. To start out ( and i don't wanna sound like a sheltered child ) the only Buddhist artwork i had ever seen was sculptures of fat Buddha and nothing else. So me seeing anything but that threw me off a little. This piece out of all the other Buddhist art stood out though. I think that may be that simply the fact that Kuya's words are visible and he appears as though he is singing them.
I love how lifelike figure is. His pose is the slightest bit slouched and he is supporting himself with his deer antler staff. It looks like he is about to ring his gong when he began preaching. And i'll say it over and over my favorite part about this piece is how his words are visible; I feel it gives a sense of the power of Kuya's preaching.
This is a great example of making a concept visible in a different way - one that we do not expect. This piece is also a favorite of mine for so many reasons.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw this piece I loved it. There is just something so Japanese about this piece. I think I've seen representations of Kuya in the Japanese culture today, like it movies or something. I love how the artist thought to represent the notes he sang through the different sounds it made
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