The Return of Shiva

The Return of Shiva Digital Art.

Shiva is a form of Ishvara or God in the later Vedic scriptures of Hinduism. The meaning of the word 'Shiva' is 'Good' hence he is called the Good Lord. Shiva is the supreme God in Shaivism, one of the major branches of Hinduism practiced in India.

Shiva as Rudra is considered to be the destroyer of evil and sorrow. The formless, timeless and spaceless Supreme God in Shaivism. Adi Sankara interprets the name Shiva meaning "One who purifies everyone by the utterance of His name" or "the Pure One". The name Shiva is the Holiest of Holy names.

source: Wikipedia
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva

BUT IN 2007 WE MUST ALSO CONSIDER THAT:

A typical human, any individual from any number of groups separated by nationality, or religious affiliation*... might well think of Shiva as a pagan idol to be scorned, shunned or otherwise denigrated.

My goal is to illustrate this and other difficult images and topics through the use of glass block as a metaphor and visual mechanism to distort the source image.

It is this abstracted, changed or distorted view that is at the crux of my point. Our reality is based on what we believe. And I know what we believe, and believe to be true is not always so. We can be wrong, miss the point completely because our belief is so strong that it blinds us to the real truth.

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