Siddham in Tricylce Magazine

The Spring 2008 issue of Tricycle Magazine has an article by David Schneider on the Siddhaṃ script. If you are an online subscriber you can also read it online. David Schneider has his own art website, with some attractive calligraphy and some designs that have clearly been photoshopped.

Artwork

I've finished the project that I have been working on for some time to provide line drawings for each of the figures for which I have mantras. I have replaced other images that were a bit of a mixed bag. This will , I hope, contribute to a consistent look and feel for the site, and make it more visually interesting.

Although the influence of Buddhist art is positive and strong in most traditions, I am of the opinion that a mantra - whether chanted or written - is just as good a representation of a Buddha or Bodhisattva as an anthropomorphic image. I am wary of thinking of a Buddha as a happy monk sitting on a lotus floating up in the sky. Mantra being more abstract lessens the tendency to reify the Buddha.