Tag Archive: Murtis

State of the Garden

Author: Elizabeth April 25, 2023 0 Comments

Last year I decided to bring this murti of Kuan Yin outside. I asked my neighbor if it was ok, as her parents came here from China, . My neighbor welcomed this presence in the space between our yards and… (READ MORE)

Art and Culture, Community and Family, Food for the Mind (Yoga Philosophy, etc), Gardening, Meditation, Photos

appreciation v. appropriation, compassion, connection, Kuan Yin, Murtis, neighbors, Respect

330 Million (Var.)

Author: Elizabeth September 4, 2022 0 Comments

Art and Culture, Food for the Mind (Yoga Philosophy, etc), Meditation, Photos

330 million gods and goddesses, meditation, Murtis

Shiva Nataraja

Author: Elizabeth April 20, 2022 0 Comments

I went to visit today. Is it wrong for me to so delight in the grace of this sculpture—when it is so far from where it was originally created (Tamil Nadu, India)?

Art and Culture, Asana, Pranayama, and Yoga Practice, Food for the Mind (Yoga Philosophy, etc), Meditation

cultural appreciation, cultural appropriation, Freer Gallery, Murtis, museums, Shadow and light, Shiva Nataraja, tandava

Distraction

Author: Elizabeth December 10, 2021 0 Comments

Asana, Pranayama, and Yoga Practice, Gardening, Meditation, Photos

distraction, garden statuary, meditation, Murtis, small urban gardens, sparrows, urban wildlife

Painted Images Around Town

Author: Elizabeth December 2, 2021 0 Comments

Art and Culture, Community and Family, Gardening, Photos

cultural icons, garden buddha, garden gnome, garden statuary, Murtis, Snoopy

Jai Saraswati (and Statehood for the People of DC)

Author: Elizabeth July 29, 2021 0 Comments

Art and Culture, Community and Family, Food for the Mind (Yoga Philosophy, etc), Photos

#black lives matter, #GOTV2022, art activism, Asian lives matter, cultural appreciation, equality, immigrant lives matter, jai Saraswati, justice, Murtis, statehood for the people of DC

Statuary Around Town

Author: Elizabeth March 18, 2021 0 Comments

When is it statuary and when a murti?

Art and Culture, Community and Family, Food for the Mind (Yoga Philosophy, etc), Photos

bodhisattva, cultural appreciation, cultural appropriation, garden gnomes, meditation, Murtis, roosters, small urban gardens

Murtis Around Town

Author: Elizabeth February 11, 2018 0 Comments

Art and Culture, Gardening, Meditation, Photos

bodhisattva, Buddha, meditation, Murtis

Murtis Around Town

Author: Elizabeth January 9, 2018 0 Comments

Art and Culture, Community and Family, Gardening, Photos

bodhisattva, Buddha, garden statuary, Murtis, serenity

Om Dum Durgaye Namaha

Author: Elizabeth January 16, 2017 0 Comments

Fierce AND serene.

Art and Culture, Food for the Mind (Yoga Philosophy, etc), Meditation

Durga, invocation of the goddess, Murtis