Photo: Indira Johnson
The Ten Thousand Ripples Project (TRP), a collaborative public art initiative, is now showing a collection of fiberglass Buddha statues made by artist Indira Johnson in ten Chicago-area neighborhoods, with community members choosing the locations for the statues. The idea behind the project is that, as Johnson puts it, “art can stimulate a discussion about peace, about violence, race, poverty, and social justice.”
For more on this project, please visit its website, as well as Johnson’s site. And click through to watch a video of Johnson explaining the project.
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I first heard about this project through Rev. Patti Nakai's blog. She has a few posts about this project (such as here, here, here and here), and it's been helpful for me to learn about this project through the lens of an American Buddhist community leader on the ground in Chicago. It would be wonderful if Shambhala Sun were able to share Rev. Nakai's experience from the standpoint of a member of the Chicago Buddhist community. She is an extremely articulate teacher, and I have no doubt that Shambhala Sun readership would appreciate her perspective.