Ehi Passiko continues with a gap between lovely holidays to the beaches of England and Wales. I took the opportunity to meet @jennyannearts at #manchesterbuddhistcentre - the day before I was collaging white manmade things onto the brown paper in answer to one of Keri Smith’s explorations but went back to exercise two for our trip to the meditation hall with the large rupa of Amitabha as a Western Buddha. I had been unconvinced by the image when I saw it on photographs but was surprised to find it had reduced me to tears wen I was actually in its presence. J.A and I had had a lovely day discussing the Emptiness of inherent reality (or self) in phenomena, (as you do), and had experienced a pretty profound spiritual event when leaving- (like a good joke you kind of had to be there but we were both pretty amazed by it at the time). The next day was a return to ordinary Samsara and waiting in the phone with my call being appreciated and valued by Talk Talk to make a complaint. Horrible service from a diabolical company. The Dying Slave seemed like a reasonable response and not in the least hyperbolic or camp. Following that was an ill/observed drawing of Kev and exploration 6, which I had translated into the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries of the Rosary to make notes about three stages of my life, the wonderful childhood full of kindness I had been lucky enough to have, the very challenging period with school and the Church about my sexuality and the unfathomable and seemingly un-earned good fortune of meeting the Buddhadharma, and having Jasmine, Kev and wonderful friends in my life #kerismithbooks #kerismith #journaling #drawing #sketchbook #amitabha #memories #nostalgia #2000s #shitservice #talktalk #queerartist #liverpoolartist #collage #buddha #manchesterbuddhistcentre #triratna #kadampabuddhism (at Manchester Buddhist Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiqAhMQMTrA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
