Sentences with phrase «prayer wheels of»

The giants swing their triple arms or poise, frozen like hazmat signs, on every hill: alien prayer wheels of unending noise or monuments to birds and bats they kill; Shivas, whose dance preserves us and destroys a landscape that no longer can stand still.

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Away from the mob, a man of «Honour» is flogged at a whipping post by «Vilany,» assisted by an ape in devilishly flamboyant garb, while the figure of «Honesty,» stripped naked, is bludgeoned by «Self Interest» atop a wheel of fortune as a minister intones a prayer over him.

To look upon those prayer wheels not (as some of us were taught) as instruments of «vain repetition,» but as outward and visible signs of the intention to pray without ceasing, can perhaps lead iconoclasts to more compassionate reflection on the sacramental impulse and on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the church.

Sublime speculations on the emptiness of things and the nature of the savior are intermingled with the use of the prayer - wheel and a belief in ghosts.

Among the books, all of which either wear their contemporary paper jackets or are recent paper - backs, on the shelves that climb the walls, are displayed plastic reproductions of such things as a Tibetan prayer wheel, African masks, a cross or two, a grinning gargoyle, several Indian - temple loving couples, and (standing in a corner) a crosier.

There's also iPray Lite, similar to iPray, this app includes a program that simulates the clicking sound of prayer beads or the turning wheel of a handheld metal counter Muslims use to keep count of prayer repetitions.

When his joke doesn't go over well, he follows it up by trying to take it more seriously, but so seriously it is also just as funny, as he makes a big to - do of it, holding his arms high in the air and affecting a mocking reverential tone to ask for the knife as he spins the prayer wheel — then spins it one more time to add the word, «Please.»

Out of the ashes of her disability, Alice weaves her personal struggles into her prayer discoveries where a vision and dream beyond her wildest imagination arises: His Wheels International, a non-profit organization that promotes the design and building of hand - pedaled three - wheeled cycles that provide transportation to individuals in need in the developing world.

Frayed prayer flags flutter in spectacular mountain passes and prayer wheels turn slowly with the current of clear mountain streams.

While in Bhutan, you have a chance to spin hundreds of prayer wheels.

With the recent announcement of open - wheel race cars finally answering our prayers, we look forward to disccovering what other surprises are in - store later down the line.

While painting and printmaking remain central to their approach, over the past decade FAILE has adapted its signature mass culture - driven iconography to an array of materials and techniques, from wooden boxes and window pallets to more traditional canvas, prints, sculptures, stencils, installation, and prayer wheels.

The artist explains: «When I transform old Coke or beer cans found in the California desert, where they've been used for target shooting since forever, into prayer wheels, the work starts to open up to all these issues art history is always drowning in — national identity, romanticism, nature — mixed with the loss of religion, which has been replaced by an almost folkish attachment to consumer goods.»

FAILE's Temple, a highly interactive, life - size construction of ceramic, steel, mosaics and prayer wheels that re-conceives historical references from sacred structures and invites play and contemplation from the audience

Of these pseudo-devotional forms, the artist explains: «When I transform old Coke or beer cans found in the California desert, where they've been used for target shooting since forever, into prayer wheels, the work starts to open up to all these issues art history is always drowning in — national identity, romanticism, nature — mixed with the loss of religion, which has been replaced by an almost folkish attachment to consumer goods.&raquOf these pseudo-devotional forms, the artist explains: «When I transform old Coke or beer cans found in the California desert, where they've been used for target shooting since forever, into prayer wheels, the work starts to open up to all these issues art history is always drowning in — national identity, romanticism, nature — mixed with the loss of religion, which has been replaced by an almost folkish attachment to consumer goods.&raquof religion, which has been replaced by an almost folkish attachment to consumer goods.»