Artist/Teacher: Damali Miller
Teachers: Paola Higuera
                Josie Carbone

Special thanks to Joanna Bielska, Mary Salstrom, and Valeen Parubchenko                                  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |

Tornado
"Our tornado is very wise and very strong. It can
knock down many things."

Daisy Queen
"The daisy queen protects all the flowers. She smells good!"

Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Shiva Nataraja)

India, Tamil Nadu; Chola period, about 970
Copper alloy
1979.20

Above Shiva's right hand is a small image of Ganga, the personification of the Ganges River, with her hands in the gesture of prayer (anjalimudra). This figure refers to the story of how the Ganges River, which originally flowed in the heavens, came to flow on earth. When the gods permitted it to come down, in answer to the prayers of a yogi, Shiva agreed to break the crushing fall of its descent to earth by catching it in his hair.