The Masters Meet Ikea: Koya Abe and his Digital Art:

Digital artist <a href="http://www.koyaabe.com/navigate.html">Koya Abe</a>'s <span style="font-style: italic;">Project: Display 3</span> is a series of large c-prints that combine the human subjects of traditional European Portraiture paintings with images of contemporary interiors, creating an unusual contrast that is virtually impossible to ignore.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXKW7ZQzUmFzK1FFm-0xHm1a6VJ45Vkbyyq4dVGSCdVW8IFXCZTvZQggzbP_nv0iRSmvxSa8Z7saarhZ_gtHTIYz9Laoqr2W_HgGC6t_aF3M5-qo-8cvtQhoo6Q4e1XkBuuN4bNyL2voj/s1600-h/Picture+13.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184050181056779714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXKW7ZQzUmFzK1FFm-0xHm1a6VJ45Vkbyyq4dVGSCdVW8IFXCZTvZQggzbP_nv0iRSmvxSa8Z7saarhZ_gtHTIYz9Laoqr2W_HgGC6t_aF3M5-qo-8cvtQhoo6Q4e1XkBuuN4bNyL2voj/s400/Picture+13.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARPgCi1WQieyK5ZQ5ouD_Cm96tFv6ifkJmj_4-0MK_lhzK4EvopcsBHvYOpAE9gc6jFsrxyt5piCwE66SUGCsvyUPCRoPDka0G1yhXhgrOKm8qNJyU0Ir5pdeYg_DLaCunpiBlAfhXW0G/s1600-h/Picture+14.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184053664275256786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARPgCi1WQieyK5ZQ5ouD_Cm96tFv6ifkJmj_4-0MK_lhzK4EvopcsBHvYOpAE9gc6jFsrxyt5piCwE66SUGCsvyUPCRoPDka0G1yhXhgrOKm8qNJyU0Ir5pdeYg_DLaCunpiBlAfhXW0G/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq217E6Nt_DxAekDdkHLrDZ56JXyITHa93ZH4p_8o0VAX0Qto8SILMvdFT55_kmN8oDwiUv6mMEQltI608Gv_dVoQMH3Z3BONhDdkQ8djRrl1XmTDWwDaNXer6Kf5p7RdwK7vtXAPdIddL/s1600-h/Picture+15.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184048411530253746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq217E6Nt_DxAekDdkHLrDZ56JXyITHa93ZH4p_8o0VAX0Qto8SILMvdFT55_kmN8oDwiUv6mMEQltI608Gv_dVoQMH3Z3BONhDdkQ8djRrl1XmTDWwDaNXer6Kf5p7RdwK7vtXAPdIddL/s400/Picture+15.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrqvCp7CgcBEhvsB_hGbPgiGZb4Ms-tCbVP4BjmaGYzsy_pfqXt89obLZeLPXK70wG9tpn_VrVTFjH6oA6FXh_O6bvnrUUUx4FebZr7vZPCyzMHDiyP2MRpVY9RUz4wa3GoeamvQ5M8FF/s1600-h/Picture+24.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184035771441501522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrqvCp7CgcBEhvsB_hGbPgiGZb4Ms-tCbVP4BjmaGYzsy_pfqXt89obLZeLPXK70wG9tpn_VrVTFjH6oA6FXh_O6bvnrUUUx4FebZr7vZPCyzMHDiyP2MRpVY9RUz4wa3GoeamvQ5M8FF/s400/Picture+24.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the project as explained by the artist:</span><br />PROJECT: Digital Art Chapter 3:<br /><br />Visual technology and installation systems have been developed to create displays for the ideas of perception and desire. Human beings seek ways to portray themselves within a social context. In such they will seek to use representations of common desires to represent the way in which they seek to be perceived. People aspire to have an ideal display of their life. Ironically, at the same time they to seek to find their ideal life within the display. Modern commercialism realized this strategy and engaged the method of display in the same way that traditional portrait painters had in the past.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIWPqlAZR4ocChaqjWfWM89fL3vZoNu0leHalWtpdw4yrbZkHds4hq8_b7fcI0ztF3R48Avpxc7PfkQA-FdftPeM3R5eSSo9R41IfdNvMCOeoGXEb1xyOiDLaXzofw-0oBathav5IZZtC/s1600-h/Picture+25.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184034757829219650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIWPqlAZR4ocChaqjWfWM89fL3vZoNu0leHalWtpdw4yrbZkHds4hq8_b7fcI0ztF3R48Avpxc7PfkQA-FdftPeM3R5eSSo9R41IfdNvMCOeoGXEb1xyOiDLaXzofw-0oBathav5IZZtC/s400/Picture+25.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEo6CHWOBvZBsffVxCkQ4mIUR0D_WSxfmZhZtMFH5jThlFoJ1aQPphC1_ugzAgVceauI8A5LR-u-YMLssTukVkFfBGkBHZp44Uy3vV-SgcUN74acZzv7h_EvkXrWe7UcK6OjTYwR4r9jFu/s1600-h/Picture+26.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184033808641447218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEo6CHWOBvZBsffVxCkQ4mIUR0D_WSxfmZhZtMFH5jThlFoJ1aQPphC1_ugzAgVceauI8A5LR-u-YMLssTukVkFfBGkBHZp44Uy3vV-SgcUN74acZzv7h_EvkXrWe7UcK6OjTYwR4r9jFu/s400/Picture+26.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rVG2jbk1kbTEf66gXTl5nU0U0cBgt5_EWLEaNJvzryH5uwBfMnBl25iMtASnG9OzBG3jDUWeRwriZEewySzYg5ROamkZVC0zBK2zKNyj2oE2wgQNTJEDl1XE34r2GMXC-foNwd2EQ4m-/s1600-h/Picture+28.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184033602483016994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rVG2jbk1kbTEf66gXTl5nU0U0cBgt5_EWLEaNJvzryH5uwBfMnBl25iMtASnG9OzBG3jDUWeRwriZEewySzYg5ROamkZVC0zBK2zKNyj2oE2wgQNTJEDl1XE34r2GMXC-foNwd2EQ4m-/s400/Picture+28.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0CthXnH6wBcXuRaphtZyu0NChUoaamEmNSvAd4FTxMxmo-jDFMuLJyedcPFSFJEbCCH5kfRl4Remfz5ZruXwSVlYAshNUQ3AUR5pm2HI-Fcw-xrP1z0LjsS5ITTm7YItYv9zbGyDFkiA/s1600-h/Picture+30.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181389234068540770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0CthXnH6wBcXuRaphtZyu0NChUoaamEmNSvAd4FTxMxmo-jDFMuLJyedcPFSFJEbCCH5kfRl4Remfz5ZruXwSVlYAshNUQ3AUR5pm2HI-Fcw-xrP1z0LjsS5ITTm7YItYv9zbGyDFkiA/s400/Picture+30.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><br />This project explores two apparently different periods and art traditions. One area is the tradition of European portrait painting and the other is the “art” of modern commercial presentation. In this context, the paintings are historical masterpieces intended for an exclusive audience and the other is a commercial interior showroom for the mass market. These two image sources were created in different physical, historical and conceptual terms, the “high art” of the aristocracy and the “consumer art” of an Ikea showroom. However, they have one area of common ground; an idea that I refer to as “display.” This is a key concept for both of these visual sources and is an underlying concept for art and visual history.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_QdVX5Ri9Z38mN9l8qGd_wsX5flSHaq9wW2ZY-UK9TYT942mU54RNpRnfNnQhu9Un9TFhHdduvUVgA270YZfK_Pcr8brv8t5BZSNpQXXW3EXtBjA918zd2pg37HsYhZmb8W1Bk9NF_Th/s1600-h/Picture+16.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184045778715301282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_QdVX5Ri9Z38mN9l8qGd_wsX5flSHaq9wW2ZY-UK9TYT942mU54RNpRnfNnQhu9Un9TFhHdduvUVgA270YZfK_Pcr8brv8t5BZSNpQXXW3EXtBjA918zd2pg37HsYhZmb8W1Bk9NF_Th/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZlC4-5Pixky4yOOaGcAFm9immNJPfCgMjNjjGdJFlqt5nqZvjPD2Wg0prU8_aTHBPGgcd8aO1WAOYPtBj6cdZVpTbzGL3q1ZDLqFsEqeCAGlAVNlOE8aGl-4yFO-uiB2_XF6qWxCEDWv/s1600-h/Picture+19.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184040431481017746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZlC4-5Pixky4yOOaGcAFm9immNJPfCgMjNjjGdJFlqt5nqZvjPD2Wg0prU8_aTHBPGgcd8aO1WAOYPtBj6cdZVpTbzGL3q1ZDLqFsEqeCAGlAVNlOE8aGl-4yFO-uiB2_XF6qWxCEDWv/s400/Picture+19.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdTtoVjY93GDtFEloBilUoesri-aUJLjfT10AQK9sTdoJt65lu5gikOLYkdEUWkXaeHE7swSIG9WYKkJynW1mIH498n5u29M6gIiftjwYfCi6mJBbC3cZlxceqRWipwEH83cLb8M2gcnD/s1600-h/Picture+22.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184038077838939522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdTtoVjY93GDtFEloBilUoesri-aUJLjfT10AQK9sTdoJt65lu5gikOLYkdEUWkXaeHE7swSIG9WYKkJynW1mIH498n5u29M6gIiftjwYfCi6mJBbC3cZlxceqRWipwEH83cLb8M2gcnD/s400/Picture+22.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBNrD36mhyv3oCPZ9ntV802sNqn4oIo4e7IwkcQ58XvPpYIKKs_9swbQNc4Di_uTQAMOXaZRDe33fIFi4U8BnkKuW2Gzx8dJPtiP4QV88fq3vEs-OH4vjZAXeCRfMdnvZmNidTvCWLxzm/s1600-h/Picture+23.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184037686996915570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBNrD36mhyv3oCPZ9ntV802sNqn4oIo4e7IwkcQ58XvPpYIKKs_9swbQNc4Di_uTQAMOXaZRDe33fIFi4U8BnkKuW2Gzx8dJPtiP4QV88fq3vEs-OH4vjZAXeCRfMdnvZmNidTvCWLxzm/s400/Picture+23.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPhdfaHwuerCdszg42Z9-7jrJT7V-rGr9g7F33li1tUjkrZZkgm_w5mEJM0G91r3srAtquwvVfs_VBeeI-izEcbN3gGsT5RUbMNmbzAlld9UkkLz4eVl2Kpk6RaR_F9aUonptABXxsKrO/s1600-h/Picture+29.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184037433593845090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPhdfaHwuerCdszg42Z9-7jrJT7V-rGr9g7F33li1tUjkrZZkgm_w5mEJM0G91r3srAtquwvVfs_VBeeI-izEcbN3gGsT5RUbMNmbzAlld9UkkLz4eVl2Kpk6RaR_F9aUonptABXxsKrO/s400/Picture+29.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv74A8BjAX25CAd9PoBiILXvSpk46SMvPVTGLoMPgf3yiYP4dePxqXEkmoxJ-BflMKf4Bdp_miQKd1nyoWd_i6nMU5wPai6NoIg82gV0MY87LsmPcAuQRCrjJSW_DmBKCkgsSBW5dBF8BY/s1600-h/Picture+31.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181388619888217426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv74A8BjAX25CAd9PoBiILXvSpk46SMvPVTGLoMPgf3yiYP4dePxqXEkmoxJ-BflMKf4Bdp_miQKd1nyoWd_i6nMU5wPai6NoIg82gV0MY87LsmPcAuQRCrjJSW_DmBKCkgsSBW5dBF8BY/s400/Picture+31.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRtHHct64iwTSRBD1NvYZ0OwhWvepOJskUS2Juo9RJ5537o3foKUhZSItxrD59hrFdNnWJHtyPL4BjOIotdlTsntwiGs3ac2_Pvnsc6XO9necTb5JUXIV5liWi9LS9Z0gS6zygcvkVGfa/s1600-h/Picture+34.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181388482449263938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRtHHct64iwTSRBD1NvYZ0OwhWvepOJskUS2Juo9RJ5537o3foKUhZSItxrD59hrFdNnWJHtyPL4BjOIotdlTsntwiGs3ac2_Pvnsc6XO9necTb5JUXIV5liWi9LS9Z0gS6zygcvkVGfa/s400/Picture+34.png" style="cursor: pointer;"></a><br /><br />Koya Abe is a Japanese artist who has resided in New York City since 1994. He currently teaches photography and digital imaging in the Department of Art and Art Professions at New York University.<br /><br />The NY Times said ..."Koya Abe is a Japanese-born artist with one eye on cultural stereotypes of the East and the other on the ''Wild West'' of Hollywood movies and tourist destinations. Using digital technology, he inserts Samurai warriors and other figures in traditional Japanese costume into re-enactments of American frontier gunfights and pioneer life. This cultural crossover is both amusing and disconcerting in its blend of mythologies."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.koyaabe.com/navigate.html">Visit the artists site here.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://mailto:info@koyaabe.com/">Koya Abe</a><br /><br />Koya Abe<br />P.O. Box 772<br />Church Street Station<br />New York, NY 10008<a href="http://mailto:info@koyaabe.com/"></a>

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Buddha Bounty: All Things Buddha

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Cut from a single real diamond!" shape="rect" coords="200,2279,387,2466"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/F84CF34F/ADE6FB20/Buddha-bedlinens-from-bonprix?u=laurasweet&p=/list/7E9E5820/Buddha-Bounty-All-Things&t=blog" title=""Buddha" bedlinens from bonprix" shape="rect" coords="11,2468,198,2655"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/9A3AAC5A/5DD43078/Pylones-Buddha-flask?u=laurasweet&p=/list/7E9E5820/Buddha-Bounty-All-Things&t=blog" title="Pylones Buddha flask" shape="rect" coords="200,2468,387,2655"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/AA614AB1/30A26738/Chocolate-Deities-Chocolate?u=laurasweet&p=/list/7E9E5820/Buddha-Bounty-All-Things&t=blog" title="Chocolate Deities' Chocolate Buddha" shape="rect" coords="11,2657,198,2844"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/27CC4DA0/7F65E2D0/Sitting-Buddha-Bong?u=laurasweet&p=/list/7E9E5820/Buddha-Bounty-All-Things&t=blog" title="Sitting Buddha Bong" shape="rect" coords="200,2657,387,2844"></map><a href="http://www.thisnext.com/list/7E9E5820/Buddha-Bounty-All-Things?u=laurasweet&p=/list/7E9E5820/Buddha-Bounty-All-Things&t=blog" title="Buddha Bounty: All Things Buddha"><img alt="Buddha Bounty: All Things Buddha" height="2866" src="http://www.thisnext.com/media/blogit/B64149BE.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-width: 1px; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;" usemap="#ThisNext_map_B64149BE" width="400"></a><br /><br /><p>More and more people seem to call themselves 'spiritual' in lieu of 'religious' these days. Although the above items are not for serious buddhists, who will scoff at the crass commercialism of their deity, they may appeal to those who like the look and symbolism of Buddha, be it siddhartha, Tibetan, or other. I've found 30 contemporary (and some super luxe) Buddha and Buddha-inspired items available for purchase.<br /><br />My personal favorite? The 56 faceted real, earth-mine, completely hand cut and polished diamond in the shape of a Buddha from The Buddha Diamond Company. Now, that's what I call a religious experience.<br /><br />Whether you are a real Buddhist or merely one of the spiritual folk who prefers to believes in karma than organized religion, here are a bunch of Buddha items to either rub, light, live with, eat, smoke from or display.</p>Just click on the pic above for more info and to purchase.<br /><br />Also worth a mention:<br />Buddh-its, buddha shaped sticky notes<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL9Wd6tbScEdRbR5WXYy4ksg2Yvfso483N_ctV37-2W2-aWTiUYkShjMSDC3KEuN2BKggi0f_OXgIFRVxOxNDCjWOQqIdyYvFoasWmy03jIWHJejV0qgycHpcRaQAOQPHkHrjjUg3Fq7E/s1600-h/Picture+8.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184289943311111650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL9Wd6tbScEdRbR5WXYy4ksg2Yvfso483N_ctV37-2W2-aWTiUYkShjMSDC3KEuN2BKggi0f_OXgIFRVxOxNDCjWOQqIdyYvFoasWmy03jIWHJejV0qgycHpcRaQAOQPHkHrjjUg3Fq7E/s400/Picture+8.png" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><a href="http://valhallacards.com/detail.aspx?ID=59827#closed">Buy them here.</a><br /><br />Lucky Beer, the asian-style lager brewed in Australia in the buddha-shaped bottle:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42AgRNUL9zh_-fjDBZqwZe9kq1VY8Yg8hvkOL0u_H1wnv1ZNSb2Cq68xenuxSu5aq2f8Vpjq6JbHO9GhwCcmjFPHxZ4fOxzHg-r27RzFZmrLaX1-UCJJdqJaXjaKoI_HmsVRq0IJLJ4n0/s1600-h/Picture+10.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184293379284948466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42AgRNUL9zh_-fjDBZqwZe9kq1VY8Yg8hvkOL0u_H1wnv1ZNSb2Cq68xenuxSu5aq2f8Vpjq6JbHO9GhwCcmjFPHxZ4fOxzHg-r27RzFZmrLaX1-UCJJdqJaXjaKoI_HmsVRq0IJLJ4n0/s400/Picture+10.png" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.luckydrinkco.com/">Learn more about it here.</a><br /><br />Giant 25' inflatable Buddha:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZiDoInJ18YBiGMyLg1FJ7tWXob50EKxT5yQxWrsZXM3JbBi-Q6zaW9C_Higs0-xxeO8d5ayrRG25cpH9ByKiau7NenJcAiK-b8mLx_P_O8KAvzbaDMjV4wuP9nam_QXQTHrTGRE6q8Uv/s1600-h/inflatable_buddha_rev1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184295754401863170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZiDoInJ18YBiGMyLg1FJ7tWXob50EKxT5yQxWrsZXM3JbBi-Q6zaW9C_Higs0-xxeO8d5ayrRG25cpH9ByKiau7NenJcAiK-b8mLx_P_O8KAvzbaDMjV4wuP9nam_QXQTHrTGRE6q8Uv/s400/inflatable_buddha_rev1.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.inflablesdemexico.com/religious.htm#closed">Buy it here.<br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.thisnext.com/list/7E9E5820/Buddha-Bounty-All-Things"><br />Keep up with my list of Buddha Shaped and Buddha Inspired items here as I continually add to it.</a><br /></div></div>

Buddha Bounty: All Things Buddha

More and more people seem to call themselves 'spiritual' in lieu of 'religious' these days. Although the above items are not...

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