Daily Pic at Pixels at an Exhibition: Cundi Bodhisattva Iphoneography

Thank you Knox Bronson…

Karen Divine has been one of my favorite iphonic artists since the very first time I saw one of her Strange Things Happening images come in to Pixels. She brings painter’s eye to everything she does and the range of her vision is amazing: nudes, animals, country-scapes, surreal assemblage, whatever captures her imagination.

I find in her work an unflinching sensuality and poetry, humor, always intelligence and a kind of wonderfully twisted delight. She is one of those artists who notices every pixel in the image and her attention to detail is always apparent. Look at the bare tree coming out of the apple, or is it a ball of energy, or fire? Whatever the red objects are, the single tree is the perfect, light touch.

Above all, her beautiful and often off-beat images are simply wonderful to behold. Cundi Bodhisattva reaffirms her place in the ethereal realms of iphonic wonder-making pantheon. I often liken iphonic art to magical realism, but in Karen’s case I would call it magical unrealism! Except that the unreal is all the more real, and magical, in her hands.

I’m sure she won’t mind if I tell you that Cundi Bodhisattva is said to have been the manifestation of the World Honored One entering into the Samadhi of Spiritual Power of Transformation of Space and Ocean.

I highly recommend you listen to the mantra as you gaze at today’s {daily pic}.

http://youtu.be/D8a0liBlQ30

As the eighteen arms of Cundi represent the eighteen uncommon qualities, they are able to eliminate all the negative karma of sentient beings, hence the name Most Victorious Vajra. One who practices this deity yoga is able to eradicate all past negative karma and avoid all calamities. All that he or she wishes for in this lifetime, and all siddhis of worldly and transcendental practices, shall swiftly manifest.

As Cundi is also known as the Subjugation Vajra, and the practice of Cundi constitutes a special practice of Tantrayana, this practice is regarded as supreme. It is wish-fulfilling and can subjugate all maras and heretics. It embodies infinite power and merits, and through this practice the practitioner shall gain a round and perfect aura.The printing of this sutra and all other sutras will benefit oneself and others, and help to remove all forms of calamity. It helps one gain great merits and blessings, and bridges others to the teachings of Buddhism.”