I've decided to do project 365.
It's an exercise to help me look around more. These images might be dull at times, but so is life.

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nicrap said…
Looks like a bishop [chess piece] to me ... what is it?
January 27, 2014 at 8:21 AM
Jen said…
It's a Tibetan singing bowl, used for meditation. The wooden thing is used to "ring" the bowl. It makes a beautiful sound.
January 27, 2014 at 10:55 AM
Thersites said…
still looks like a bishop to me... ;)
January 27, 2014 at 4:35 PM
Thersites said…
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January 27, 2014 at 4:37 PM
nicrap said…
still looks like a bishop to me...

lol.
January 27, 2014 at 7:34 PM
-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said…
I suspect it was more a "prayer" bowl... with the prayer circumscribing the bowl, and being "sung" to the gods with each rotation... ;P
January 28, 2014 at 4:41 AM
-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said…
The inscription is written in concentric circles rather like a prayer inside a Tibetan prayer wheel. As the bowl is rotated, the prayer is released.

I love inter-passive objects!
January 28, 2014 at 4:48 AM
-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said…
Zizek says that the "fault" of Europeans is that they look for their "lost" sacred knowledge in "others" while the Tibetans look for it within themselves.
January 28, 2014 at 5:04 AM
nicrap said…
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January 28, 2014 at 5:47 AM
nicrap said…
Too sweeping, won't you say? Such statements tell you very little but hide a lot — for instance, is there a monolithic european tradition?
January 28, 2014 at 6:06 AM
Thersites said…
I'd have to ask io. Or europa. ;)
January 28, 2014 at 8:46 AM
Ducky's here said…
Religion is sound.

That was coopted by a New Age movement but I believe it's long been germane to Tibetan Buddhism.

Ever listen to a Zen exorcism?
January 28, 2014 at 10:01 AM
Jen said…
It's not interpassive, FJ. It's very active. Payer is about changing the heart of the pray-er, not asking og God.
January 28, 2014 at 10:56 AM
Thersites said…
How "active" a form of praying is a Tibetan prayer wheel?

How about prayer flags?
January 28, 2014 at 11:09 AM
Thersites said…
Of course, I find the consequences of the way atheists pray even more interesting...
January 28, 2014 at 11:13 AM
Jen said…
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_bowl

More of a meditation. ..
January 28, 2014 at 11:31 AM
Jen said…
Ducky, can you give me a link?
January 28, 2014 at 10:20 PM
Ducky's here said…
Unfortunately out of print

It's quite an ear opener if you ever see it at a used store for a reasonable price.

There are quite a few under "Tibet" but I am not familiar with them.
January 30, 2014 at 12:05 PM
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