In or Out
A late post to the "In and Out" challenge - somewhat appropriately :-)
This life-sized painting appears above the door of a Buddhist temple in Coquitlam. It shows the death/parinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni - the moment at which he is said to have achieved final release from the uncontrolled rebirths of cyclic existence.
I'm not sure, but I think it's meant both as a visual pun and to provoke the viewer to ask themselves what "exiting" means to them.
Either way it works... and it's ever so slightly droll, too.
This life-sized painting appears above the door of a Buddhist temple in Coquitlam. It shows the death/parinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni - the moment at which he is said to have achieved final release from the uncontrolled rebirths of cyclic existence.
I'm not sure, but I think it's meant both as a visual pun and to provoke the viewer to ask themselves what "exiting" means to them.
Either way it works... and it's ever so slightly droll, too.
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