Ink drawing: "Buddha and a Mongoose"

buddha and mongoose
 

Black ink on white cartridge paper; pen and brush
 
42 x 30 cm
1999
 
$US 150, $CAN 200, € 130, £ 90

In recent years I have spent time in Buddhist monasteries, practising meditation, studying the ideas of Buddha, who is cropping up more and more in my drawings.  Just as I reject most of Christianity, I reject most of Buddhism, but I am aware of the Buddha's original ideas in every waking moment.  Here, my favourite animal, the mongoose, finds the Buddha under a tree and seems to be asking: 'What's it all about, mister?'.  I doubt the mongoose took it all in, so maybe his latest reincarnation is out there - maybe it's you!


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