Friday, December 26, 2008

Friday, December 19, 2008

Voices


For Colouring ...

Friday, December 12, 2008

A Rambunctious Nativity

Click to get large version for colouring.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

Friday, November 21, 2008

Opinion

Opinion ... a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

Buddha

The Buddha was wise and compassionate.
The earliest representation of the Buddha was created by artists of Classical Greek. Hence, the first recorded images of the Buddha looked like Greek. As Buddhism spread to regions far and wide, the image of the Buddha was continuously modified according to the look and the culture of the local people.
As no Buddha image truly resembles the real Buddha, my preference is a Buddha image of symbolic representation.

This is my personal Buddha image.
The overall form resembles a figure in seated meditation.
The dotted circle at the top represents wisdom.
The heart shape at the bottom represents compassion.
By adopting this easy to visualize image, I can frequently remind myself of these two important qualities.


Friday, October 24, 2008

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Monday, October 13, 2008

Strings

Drawn digitally at Saatchi Online Studio.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Friday, September 19, 2008

Friday, August 29, 2008

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Friday, August 15, 2008

Friday, August 1, 2008

Thot 1611

IF: Poof! ... My first animation.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Thot 4013

IF: Canned

Friday, July 18, 2008

Thot 6583

IF: Enough

Monday, July 7, 2008

Thot 0944

IF: Sour

Friday, June 27, 2008

Thot 2625

IF: Fierce

Friday, June 20, 2008

Thot 3631

IF: Hoard

Friday, June 13, 2008

Thot 1925

IF: Punchline

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Thot 1415

IF: Forgotten

Friday, May 16, 2008

Thot 2130

IF: Wide

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Thot 2523 - Himalayas

Olympic Glory soon to be bestowed upon the Himalayas

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Saturday, April 5, 2008

PowerPointScape 088

IF: Save
Who is hurting? Who can help?
This was done in PowerPoint, followed with post-processing to simulate narrowed depth-of-field.
I call this format PowerPointScape.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Buddha

The dotted circle represents the wisdom of emptiness.
The heart shape represents compassion.


Friday, March 21, 2008

IF: Pet Peeves

The saffron-clad monk, widely admired in the West as an icon of nonviolent struggle against the occupation of his homeland, was described Wednesday by a top Chinese official as "a wolf wrapped in monk's robes, a devil with a human face and a beast's heart." ...
Though Chinese President Hu Jintao has often praised the role of traditional Chinese religions such as Buddhism and Confucianism in contributing to a "harmonious society," Tibetan Buddhism poses a particular difficulty because its religious leader, the Dalai Lama, also plays a political role. ...
( From Yahoo News article.)

“I’m fully committed to eliminate negative feelings among Tibetans and fear, distrust among Chinese,” he said Thursday in his third meeting with reporters this week.
Reminded of the latest slurs against him, he leaned back in his chair and howled with laughter. “As a Buddhist monk, whatever they call me, doesn’t matter.”
( From NY Times article.)

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Monday, February 25, 2008

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Twelve Suns

The earth is heating up. The sky is melting. The end is near.
Adapted from Van Gogh's Starry Night.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Sunday, February 10, 2008