Souvenirs

“Phantoms of Morandi”, copperplate, 2019

“Phantoms of Morandi”, copperplate, 2019

“Nornir”, bronze, 2016

The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) in Norse mythology^[1] are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men. They roughly correspond to other controllers of humans’ destiny, the Fates, elsewhere in European mythology.

According to Snorri Sturluson‘s interpretation of the Völuspá, the three most important norns, Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi and Skuld, come out from a hall standing at the Well of Urðr (well of fate). They draw water from the well and take sand that lies around it, which they pour over Yggdrasill so that its branches will not rot.^[2] These three norns are described as powerful maiden giantesses (Jotuns) whose arrival from Jötunheimr ended the golden age of the gods.^[2] They may be the same as the maidens of Mögþrasir who are described in Vafþrúðnismál (see below).^[2]

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29042016-b-3 “UNTITLED” Wood, Primer, gilding 2016

Bodhicitta bronze, wood, 2014

In Buddhism, bodhicitta (Sanskrit: बोधिचित्त; Chinese: 菩提心, putixin; Japanese: bodaishin; Standard Tibetan: Wylie transliteration: byang chub kyi sems; Mongolian: бодь сэтгэл; Vietnamese: Bồ-đề tâm), “enlightenment-mind”, is the mind that strives toward awakening and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings

Bodhicitta bronze, wood, 2014

In Buddhism, bodhicitta(Sanskrit: बोधिचित्त; Chinese: 菩提心, putixin; Japanese: bodaishin; Standard Tibetan: Wylie transliteration: byang chub kyi sems; Mongolian: бодь сэтгэл; Vietnamese: Bồ-đề tâm), “enlightenment-mind”, is the mind that strives toward awakening and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings.