Message from yreynoso

[Anonymous]

I was thrilled to be able to witness one of the very unique experiences brought to the Getty Museum. I have visited the Getty long time ago and fell in love with a large painting depicting a seemingly rich family going through some kind of imminent tragedy. The pain of these tragedy was not obvious because there were other elements representing joy; while some members were sharing these joy, others were concerned about a more serious issue taking over their entire soul. Saying that, I just wanted to share my love for art appreciation in all kids of fine arts. Looking and being up close and personal right next to the paintings, sculptures, scrolls and other artifacts that were shown in the exhibit were just amazing to watch and so powerful to appreciate them as close as we did. It was a pleasure and an honor to have a guide so knowledgeable and patient that took us through the timeline of events touching base with the Silk Road was so inspiring and spiritual for me! The part that I enjoyed the most and took my breath away was when we entered the actual replicas of the Cave Temples of Dunghuan.... the feeling was incredible and my experience was beyond expectations!!! Seeing the various representations of Buddha and the Upanishads, and the Bodhisattvas next to him in real size representations in the caves was very interesting to witness, I was able to perceive the emphasis on the Bodhisattvas path to move to a more difficult path, and try to achieve Nirvana as they embrace the Buddha's nature as the maximum entity. Incredible place to visit; I will prepare my students to be very appreciative and highly respectful of the places they are about to visit and the artifacts, paintings and maps they are to see. They should be able to produce a detailed reflection of what they are going to observe in this specific visit.