Wednesday, March 07, 2018

Almost Wordless Wednesday: Free The Buddha

For more than a year we've seen this Buddha statue trapped in this crate. We walk by and shout to the wind and sky: Free the Buddha, Free the Buddha!

Free them all! LOL!
Posted by robin andrea at 12:00 AM

24 comments:

  1. John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"March 07, 2018 4:05 AM

    "A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad".

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  2. Steve ReedMarch 07, 2018 8:30 AM

    How peculiar! Are they for sale?

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    1. robin andreaMarch 07, 2018 11:10 AM

      Steve-- I've wondered the same thing. Mmmm...

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  3. ColetteMarch 07, 2018 9:48 AM

    You are making me laugh out loud. Feels good.

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    1. robin andreaMarch 07, 2018 11:11 AM

      Colette-- Such crazy times, we needed a good laugh! Thank the Buddha!

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  4. amMarch 07, 2018 1:54 PM

    Ha! Thank you for these mysteriously humorous photos! Or is it humorously mysterious?

    The diagonal wooden slats across the Buddha and what appear to be Ganesh and another Hindu(?) figure made me think of the "No Symbol" and of John Lennon's song from 1970 that he called "god," in which he listed all the things he didn't believe in.

    The Buddha in a crate could have been created by Yoko Ono.

    Yes! Free them all!

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    1. robin andreaMarch 07, 2018 2:48 PM

      am-- I love your interpretive take on these statues in their crates. Very interesting, multi-dimensional and beautifully generationally inspired. Yes! Free them all!

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  5. SabineMarch 07, 2018 3:39 PM

    Their cousins, about a dozen, are patiently sitting in a long line in a garden center here - made in China, no less. If any are sold, they are quickly replaced, the line never gets short.

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    1. robin andreaMarch 07, 2018 4:27 PM

      Sabine-- It never even occurred to me to wonder where these were made. How interesting! Ah Buddha statues around the world.

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    2. bevMarch 07, 2018 9:56 PM

      We had Chinese friends in Ottawa - and many of the first generation import their cemetery stones from China -- it's not just the work on the stone, but the stone itself coming from China -- that is important to them.

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    3. robin andreaMarch 08, 2018 10:50 AM

      bev-- That is so interesting. I don't know why I never thought about the stone and where it's from, but I didn't.

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  6. bevMarch 07, 2018 9:53 PM

    Loved your shouts to free the Buddha!

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    1. robin andreaMarch 08, 2018 10:50 AM

      bev-- We really do shout, Free the Buddha, and then we laugh!

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  7. Mark PMarch 08, 2018 11:17 AM

    I think the only explanation is aliens, from outer space. Probably here illegally.

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    1. robin andreaMarch 08, 2018 11:41 AM

      Mark-- I was afraid that might be the case. LOL!

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  8. C. CoraxMarch 09, 2018 12:38 PM

    All we need now are "Free the Buddha" t-shirts for sale!
    The one on the right looks like a pregnant Buddha.

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    1. robin andreaMarch 09, 2018 9:00 PM

      CCorax-- We love the idea of "Free the Buddha" t-shirts! I hadn't noticed the roundness of that belly until you mentioned it. Very interesting.

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  9. Tara CrowleyMarch 09, 2018 7:59 PM

    I'd pay good money to see a video of you two shouting "Free the Buddha! Free them all!" and then laughing hysterically.

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    1. robin andreaMarch 09, 2018 9:01 PM

      Tara-- LOL! Roger said, "how much money?" It's true though, we do shout it out. Maybe we should make a video.

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  10. 37paddingtonMarch 13, 2018 12:22 PM

    Why the cage? I don't get it.

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    1. robin andreaMarch 13, 2018 12:55 PM

      37paddington-- I keep thinking/hoping that the people who bought the old farmhouse and property are going to turn the place into an ashram, but it's been quite a long time since Buddha's been waiting there.

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  11. Pat TillettMarch 17, 2018 7:06 PM

    I wonder if more are going to show up? Great post Robin. I'm sure the crates are for shipping, but still. Free the Buddha!

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    1. robin andreaMarch 18, 2018 4:05 PM

      Pat-- I don't think more will show up. These have been here for a while. Yes, Free the Buddha!

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