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At the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery: Buddha is a Principle

Even though art has been a continuing human dialog across thousands of years, and has been shaped and edited by cultural, political and commercial interests, art is meditation.   Good art never stops revealing itself: in the process of its making, in the depth of its narrative, in the revelation of its mystery.  These qualities of process, depth and revelation are key to profound meditation.  Buddha is a Principle, currently exhibited by Tamara Dawn at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery, shows us how to overcome what we think we know about art, and celebrate what we don’t yet know. 

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Bringing her interpretation of Tangka artwork to the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery

Tamara Dawn has been travelling to India for the past 15 years. On August second she brings her personal interpretation of Tibetan Thangka art to the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery in a watercolour collection called ‘Buddha as a Principle.’ 

“I was 18 when I took my first trip to the east, I went to Nepal. I went to India when I was maybe 20.  I’ve been  back and forth several times, going to India and Nepal, and then coming back to Canada and integrating what I learned,” she began.  

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The Energetic Forest

Originally published on Cortes Radio, as part of the Deep Roots Initiative, Season One.

“Do trees communicate? Do they look after each other and other species?

Story Producer Rick Bockner unearths a sophisticated network of co-dependent life forces, below and above our feet.

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