Cotter next explains the story of Buddha, presumably because many New York Times readers do not know his story or his spiritual journey. Buddha left his sheltered home near the border of India and Nepal, and set out on a spiritual pilgrimage without a set destination (Cotter). Buddha journeyed, trying to gain wisdom, gained followers, and when he was on his deathbed he told his followers if they wanted to find him, “they should look where he had been: where he was born, gained supreme knowledge, first preached it; where he was about to pass away” (Cotter). And these locations became the main sites of Buddhist pilgrimages and the subject of many, beautiful works of art. 
The Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art show was organized by the Asia Society’s curator of traditional art, Adriana Proser (Cotter). The exhibit immerses the visitor in the world of Buddhist pilgrimages. There are paintings of pilgrimage tour leaders, a real monk’s staff, amulet shrines, and hand-held prayer wheels made of jade (Cotter). Overall the exhibit strives to explain to the viewer the importance of pilgrimage to the followers of Buddhism. The author of this article truly seems inspired by the exhibit and just from reading his review and seeing a few pictures of the artwork on display, I truly wish I could see the exhibit.
Cotter, Holland. "On the Road With Seekers and Other Dharma Bums." New York Times (2010). Web. 28 Mar 2010.
This sounds like an interesting exhibit according to the article; it seems to give a pretty good overview of the entirety of the exhibit. Combined with the random details about the items within the exhibit, it seems like a well written article. You provided a well written summary of your chosen article, which certainly sounds intriguing. Adding the pictures in your review was a nice touch, it defiantly added depth and understanding about the article/exhibit. One thing that I wish there was a little more of would be some kind of analysis of the article/exhibit. There is barely even an opinion noted by you as the reviewing author. And there really is no analysis of the article, which would have been nice. Other then that, it was a superb review, well detailed and thought out.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I love the way your blog looks! The bright colors make it really nice! I agree that some of your own personal opinion would have made your review better, but otherwise you do a great job of incorporating the author's attention to detail. I would really like to see this exhibit myself!
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