Archival Note Card | 1300 Series - #1

Pale seated figure holding a cup, glowing against a smoky ochre ground.

This archival note card, 1300 series, depicting Shiva drinking poison. It is archival paper. In Hindu tradition, the story of Shiva drinking the poison that arose when the ocean was churned is generally told as an act of protecting the world. Portrait card with a cream-and-gold figure seated cross-legged inside a haloed circle. One hand lifts to the mouth, the body is lightly shaded, and the background is a mottled brown with scuffed, aged-looking texture and a dark frame. It is 5 inches long and 7 high.

Calm in a way most of us only attempt.