Hello scary Hinduism/Buddhist mythological creature, how are you today?
It's excellent to bring up some of my new art work, it just felt like a time warp posting some of my oldies.
Anyway, this is a oil painting on canvas, illustrating a rather religious and mythological painting of Yama, god of the dead present in Hinduism and buhhdist mythology.
I was interesting in this topic of mythology because I could research into previous artworks and representations of Yama, as his/her ever changing form.
I also chose this subject to entail this sense of deaths presence in life, and how life is ever so fragile. I place the painting in a very obvious place with access to all who come into the room. It provides me with this reminder that I should appreciate life for how it is.
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I'll add a link to direct you to a couple of previous ancient Yama paintings to grasp and idea.
The painting itself almost serves not only a visually interesting image, but a social function, as meditating onto this image in daily life allows me to associate to the religious intentions. Recently I finished a book which compliments these ideas of death, and the fragile lives we play. It is written by Buddhist teacher Sogyal Rinpoche, and is called 'The Tibetan book of living & dying'. Excellent read.
I wouldn't say I am a religious person, but one who interests in multiple ideas and the research of them. Though I retain what I do believe, I wish to look at multiple concepts of reality to understand. To understand the depth of life.
After watching a documentary on artist Damien Hirst, I believe that many of these death related topics may relate to his work. It's only recently until I have been fascinated with his bizarre take to contemporary art, highly recommend his documentary to watch as linked below.
Yama artwork
Damian Hirst Artist - not for the faint hearted aha
Jack
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