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SPIRIT ART - DAN A. BARKER about the artist and how the tanka are made | purchasing information catalog page with thumbnail links to all works |
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| light of the heart, that all may wake in the joy of the world.
Gold and silver thread are respresentative of the Sanscrit word
“Upavita,” the thread that connects all souls. It is appliqued to brocades
to remind of the transient radiance of life. American Tanka are made to demonstrate the universal transcendent spirit of
life and the central core of being, loving compassion. Praise God and Joy to the world! Dan A. Barker |
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| American Tanka are illustrations of the light of the heart. The symbols most frequently used are the peony, flower of the bodhisattva, the word OM, cloud forms, radiances, wisdom flames, the Dorje - representing the tool to conquer ignorance. Often the central fragment of a poem by one of the great mystics is presented, the energy creating all of these being the same. The purpose of American Tanka is to present the light of the heart to the | |||||||||
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