Becoming

Becoming (2004)
Ink, spirograph, fire, wax, incense, rocks, orange, honey

The Buddha Project
Wall drawing at Gallery U, Cleveland
Co-Curated by Jeanne Grosetti and Robert Thurmer (Cleveland State University)

A site specific drawing made directly on the walls of the gallery. The drawing itself (made with the use of a spirograph, the 1960's art making device for children) contains thousands of various small circles representing the Buddha as a formless form. The first phase of the drawing was completed in four days, and was continued over a period of 3 months.

In this particular piece, the temporary nature of the work relates to Buddhist concepts of impermanence and non-attachment, referencing the sand mandalas created by Tibetan Buddhist monks which are meticulously created over a short period of time and then swept up and dispersed into a flowing river or stream.  

At the completion of the show the Buddha drawing was washed away.

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