Jeremy, David, Margaret, Nancy and I did a tour of some of the most interesting exhibits at the San Diego Museum of Art... David, who knows Asian Art, did the docent tour. We learned about Mahayana Buddhism. Bodhisattva is the Sanskrit term for anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. A Bodhisattva is not, however, a Buddha. I particularly liked the sliding Japanese doors with peacocks and a chunk of white jade that had been carved into an elephant. Wow! After Asian art we went over to the new section at the museum of music in art. Another Wow! My favorite painting in the exhibition is the one by Jean-Baptiste-Camile Corot of the ancient story of Orpheus and Eurydice. The painting shows Orpheus leading Eurydice, his bride, out of the Underworld returning her from the land of the dead to the land of the living. He is forbidden to look back. Somewhere along the way he glances back and she disappears. Corot made a decision not to include the end of the story... A different decision was made by several musicians who have been intrigued by the story.
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