The sculpture is called Large Interior Form (1982) by Henry Moore. It is located in the North Garden of the Art Institute of Chicago. The building in the background [across Michigan Ave.] is the University Club of Chicago.
Walking the ruins
of some old Buddhist
university,
I entered a chamber,
and found myself
confronting a Buddha,
its head obscured by
a bolt of sunlight.
I thought it might be like
one of those Angkor Wat
crop tops from when Pol Pot
had the heads chopped off
all the Buddhas to make
some quick cash.
But the head was intact,
just blotted out by blinding light,
and I blinked my way into sight
of that serene face.
Buddha statue: what would its reflection in my eyes look like?
Taken at the 2023 Republic Day Flower Show in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore.
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