On His Holiness Karmapa's visit blog today there are lovely pictures of his visit to museums in New York. The most touching post and photos were his visit to Ground Zero, where he presented flowers at a closed shrine, and signed and wrote this aspiration in the guest book (translated from the Tibetan):
Through peaceful hearts,
Peaceful feelings,
And peaceful intelligence,
May this world truly move
From darkness to light.
His Holiness visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art and after visiting a number of galleries, requested to be taken to the contemporary art gallery. The blogger noted that His Holiness was particularly taken with the Pollock's and the Rothko's.
I really understand that. To see the large Pollock's in a gallery space is an emotional experience. The same with Rothko. When you stand before those large paintings, they take in all your vision, including your peripheral vision. The painting is all you see. It becomes reality. And because there are no focal points in either artist's work, the essence of the color field is the experience.
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