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January 29, 2009
Posted: 1912 GMT
ATLANTA, Georgia — "People see themselves in a painting." That’s what the curator of a tiny art gallery, tucked in the back of Atlanta’s Oglethorpe University tells me. What would I see of myself in his gallery’s exhibit of modern Tibetan art?
I see it mostly in political terms, the curator is thinking spiritual discovery. I walk in and all my preconceptions fly out of the window! The traditional Tibetan art style is evident, but take a closer look and you see all the rules are broken. One painting speaks to me in particular. A meditating Buddha, but his skin is a road map of America, with arteries of highways running through his body. A collage of modern materialistic “things” around him. I look at the title for clues. It reads, “Excuse me Sir, which way is to my Home?” Now I know why I am drawn to it. It speaks to my own American journey. I am still the person I was when I came to this country, but the journey in my adopted home is changing me. Once you start that journey, “home” is never going to be the same and I don’t think you have to be an immigrant to feel that way. We’re all on a journey away from “home,” changing as we travel along life’s twisting roads. It can be disorienting but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Tenzing Rigdol who painted "Excuse me Sir, Which Way is to my Home" will join me live this Sunday on World News 22:00 GMT. You can post questions for him in the comment section below. Click here if you want to see the report on the exhibit. Posted by: CNN Anchor, Ralitsa Vassileva |
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