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"Yab-yum is a common symbol in Buddhist art [...] the primordial union of wisdom and compassion [...] a male deity in union with his female consort." there is an eroticism in some of this older material that gets stripped away in later reproductions https://t.co/hkmbwGdDGy https://t.co/gksv5T6Z2i
"Kali is often portrayed standing or dancing on her consort, the Hindu god Shiva, who lies calm and prostrate beneath her." any guesses as to what's missing from these pictures, that used to be a feature of older depictions? https://t.co/HDnXskbg3c https://t.co/E7TcFQkPza
older depictions (1400s – 1800s, it seems?) can get quite a bit more explicit. (to better appreciate or contextualize these, I think we have to remember that shiva and kali are both *representations*, and they are sometimes represented as the *same entity*) https://t.co/dym5u0dryF
A google image search for "shiva shakti" yields some really cool interpretations that seem very recent (first pic is a digital painting?) and the last image is an example of the same idea expressed in the "default" style https://t.co/C6D6qBfeLy
@visakanv I've made a "Kali / Shiva Dance-Off" playlist, for these pandemical times when systems are breaking, melting, and forming new shapes: https://t.co/l14BIHVEag
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