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Japanese Stone Sulpture by Susumu Ikegami

In the "Tibetan Book of the Dead," the word "bardo" is used to denote the intermediary or "in-between" state of souls choosing between the temptations of another round of transmigration into the world and eternal liberation. The above work is intended as a sort of ennabling device for abetting this process. The loop of stones represent living energy, and the intervals the connecting spaces between this world and the next. The cracks and crevices in the stones suggest the departure of life. The eastern and western stones are, respectively, intended as a place for those still living and those who have departed the flesh to linger for a moment and take their final leave of one another.   Granite
  3.0 meters X 5.0 meters X 3.0 meters
  $106,000
  Completion time: 4 months

A    B    C    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10
11    12    13    14    15    16    17    18    19    20     21    22    23    24    25
26    27    28    29    30    31    32    33    34A    34B    34C    34D      34F
34G     34H    35    36    37    38    39    40A    40B    41    42    43    44
Infinity1    Infinity2    Stairway    Wood

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About the Artist ~ Susumu Ikegami

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