Anjana Yogini – Burning Effort
This steampunk sculpture is Anjana Yogini who in the ancient Hindu religion was a Banar woman that lived in the forest and performed Tapas (burning effort). The Tapas yoga involved strict control over mind, body and senses.
This representation of her in the crescent moon yoga posture, honors the power of her practice. She also was known as an apsara, a female cloud-spirit, or nymph. She came to Earth, married a Banar king and was the mother of Hanuman the superhero in the epic poem Ramayana.
The Goddess is an assemble sculpture made of recycled materials (e.g., brass bed, hinges, old chains) and natural products (e.g., limbs are China Vines).
Please think a positive thought, press her belly button for good luck (it rings), pass that positive energy forward and accept an offering from the Goddess.
This steampunk sculpture is Anjana Yogini who in the ancient Hindu religion was a Banar woman that lived in the forest and performed Tapas (burning effort). The Tapas yoga involved strict control over mind, body and senses.
This representation of her in the crescent moon yoga posture, honors the power of her practice. She also was known as an apsara, a female cloud-spirit, or nymph. She came to Earth, married a Banar king and was the mother of Hanuman the superhero in the epic poem Ramayana.
The Goddess is an assemble sculpture made of recycled materials (e.g., brass bed, hinges, old chains) and natural products (e.g., limbs are China Vines).
Please think a positive thought, press her belly button for good luck (it rings), pass that positive energy forward and accept an offering from the Goddess.
This art is created for camp HeeBeeGeeBee (http://www.heebeegeebeehealers.org/) to celebrate their 20th year at Burning Man gifting massage, energy work, yoga, meditation, classes, and workshops.
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This sculpture was a collaboration between myself and Jeff Cohen. Jeff and I are old friends who renewed our friendship through this project. We had to plan how every piece would be shipped 2,600 miles to Black Rock Desert NV, there was some math involved and a lot of "well we will just try and see if it works".
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