BARE BONES BONZE Ed Baker Poet.Artist.Neolithics.Olde Bonze

UMA, Lady of the Mountains

(meaning 'light', Lady of the Mountains. Uma, Mountain-goddess, shows us how to balance our many aspects. Beautiful and (benignly) powerful, she is also known as Shakti,Parvati (consort of Shiva), Ambika,Annapurna, Bhairavi, Candi, Gauri, Durga, Jagadmatai (Mother of the World), Kali, Kanyakumari,Kumari, Mahadevi, and Syama).

Her name refers to her being born daughter of Himavan (Himalaya), lord of the mountains. Beautiful, gentle, powerful - consort of Shiva, mother of Ganesh, Kartikeya, Saraswati and Laxshmi, she encompasses their powers / exudes a tranquil, serene beauty / provides a calm within / symbol of many noble traditional (Hindu) virtues: fertility, marital felicity, spousal devotion, asceticism and power. It is said in the SAIMDARUA LAHIRI that she is the source of all power in the universe and because of her, Lord Shiva gets all of his powers. She is often depicted as half of Lord Shiva: I do not know which half.

Now you'll find, in addition to the newly uploaded book of sketches, Uma, a new batch of photographs. This latest batch is a 2007 walk-thru of art as it is currently displayed. The images are clickable in case you'd care for a closer look at a particular piece.

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OKEANOS RHOOS
-a thesis-
Johns Hopkins 1971

now on my site -

-"a vibrant ARS POETICA. Letter III is climax: by far the best, and the climax pops."

-Elliott Coleman (1971)

"I like esp:

'it is reduced to history... it is HARMLESS'

You are moving pretty freely. Pluses."

-Elliott Coleman (1971)

- "You are very busy. Want to stay for lunch."

-John Cage (1972)