An interview with Chris Riebe, as she was working on YUM CHENMO, "Great Wisdom Mother"

I made this photo while biking back from Glacier National Park to the Wallowas. On the way, I stopped at the wonderful and amazing Garden of 1000 Buddhas, in Arlee, Montana.

Special thanks to Chris Riebe and #KonchogNorbu for showing me around, and allowing me to make photographs of their work. Below is a little taped interview I did with Chris, Montana Buddhist artist extraordinaire, made on a sunny day towards the end of September, as she was painting details along the part of #YumChenmo. (If you listen carefully, you can actually hear light brush strokes as she is unfolding the meaning of the Garden, and what she is working on placed within the #Tibetan #Buddhist tradition. (With a bit of Montana wind, and shutter release clicks, but only at first . . .)

SEE MORE PHOTOS at: http://picture-poems.com/photoweek/1000-buddhas_9-29-10_2.html

IF YOU ARE interested in Tibetan Buddhism, and especially the question of the Chinese occupation, listen also to: A QUESTION OF NONVIOLENCE, OR NONEXISTENCE http://bit.ly/1o6KZMf



FIELDNOTES: I report on YUM CHENMO & the Garden of 1000 Buddhas

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FIELDNOTES: I report on YUM CHENMO & the Garden of 1000 Buddhas

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