white tara finished color 3'x4'

spent all day filling in little shapes with color
and watching Pema paint (his hand is in this painting as much as mine is...)
learned how to blend colors
and it feels like blending with tar...
i can do this technique with every paint imaginable with quite proficiency
but this was so difficult.
it was a humbling experience
(now i can completely relate to my students who often say, "you make it look so easy!")
... as well as learning not to point at my painting with my toe:)

on a side note...
i witnessed a mugging today and came within inches of the
guy who grabbed a woman's cell phone + ipod...
thankfully i didn't see him hit her in the face
but as he ran by, our eyes locked...
it was like witnessing instant karma
as the police van swerved around the corner
and caught the man.
please be safe and careful
and aware of your
surroundings.

namaste,
j