A special day on November 11th, 2010. I made a visit to the Rubin Museum of Art, accompanied by Sean, Emillio, Oleksandr, and Marsida.  The Rubin Museum of Art enlightened me with Buddhist cultures and exposed to the various traditional Hindu artwork. As a Christian, I tried to view another religious culture in an unbiased way, and I was educated by their differences.

The most memorable arts to me are the common symbols and important figures of the art of Himalayas. The figures of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and the couple deities all have  hand gestures that represent meanings. For instance, the hands form the shape of a wheel symbolize a reference to teaching the Buddha’s doctrine. With wrist pulling back and palm facing outward, means do not fear. What I suspect is challenging for me to do is their dancing, since the dancing needs me to stand and balance with one foot, and need to bring the ankle of the other foot near the crouch area and move the upper body in rhythm!!!

Overall, the trip to the Rubin Museum of Art was not very exciting. But it gave me a similar feeling as my Political science class in terms of its informativeness, its occasional interests that brings me, and to a lesser degree, its dullness. =D

ty for reading,and sry for posting so late.