Art

Jambhala
Nepal, 15th century
Wrathful Shrine Doors
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, ca.19th century
Wrathful Activity, Fierce Energy
2018
Vajrapani Trampling Snakes
Eastern India or Western Tibet, 10th-11th century
Vajrapani
Karnali Basin, Northwestern Nepal, 13th-14th century
Vajra scepter
Himalayan, 17th - 18th century
Vajravarahi
Tibet, 19th century
Vajrayogini
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Vasudhara
Nepal, 13th century
Victory over Mara
Buryatia, Mongolia, 19th century
Virupaksha, Guardian King of the West
China, 17th - 18th century
White Tara
Tibet, 15th century
White Tara with Long Life Deities
Tibet, 19th century
Woodblock for Printing Prayer Flags
Himalayan Region, ca. 19th–early 20th century
Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance
Nepal, 17th century
Tsiu Marpo
Mongolia, 19th century

Spiral

Unmasking AI
The founder of the Algorithmic Justice League shares how human bias shapes machine learning
Pleasure, Power, and Sexual Liberation
A conversation on how we can use this cultural moment as an opportunity to liberate our collective conditioning around power, pleasure, gender, sexuality, and consent.
What Is Power?
How to move through life more powerfully
Female Power in the Himalayas
Goddesses, bodhisattvas, and dakinis are prominent in Hindu and Buddhist art
Buddhist Faith and Political Power
Art offers insights into this complex relationship
Waking Up to Power Is a Spiritual Practice
How meditation and activism can work together to quiet the mind in a loud, troubled world
Alien-Nation: And the Voice of Shahidul Alam
The Bangladeshi photographer and activist risks his freedom for protest
This Is Your Brain on Power
According to neuroscientist Sukhvinder Obhi, power is neither good nor bad—it's all in the way you use it
Art and Acts of Resistance in Clapping with Stones
Challenging traditional power structures through poetic, subversive artistic gestures
Breath for Guan Yin
Poetry on power
POWER OBJECT: LISA ROSS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: E. V. DAY
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: BEN VENOM
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: KEMBRA PFAHLER
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: JACK WATERS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: SANFORD BIGGERS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found

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