![]() ![]() This stone relief shows the Buddha seated under a tree, known as the bodhi tree or the tree of enlightenment, deep in contemplation. 800–900 stone Asian Art Museum of San Francisco The Avery Brundage Collection, B61S7+ ![]() They currently serve as a contributing editor to the White Review.ĪBOUT THE ART FROM THIS EPISODE The Buddha Triumphing Over Mara India, probably Bihar, ca. Alok has been honored as one of HuffPost’s Culture Shifters, NBC’s Pride50, and Business Insider’s The Doers. ![]() They are the author of Femme in Public (2017) and Beyond the Gender Binary (2020), as well as the creator of #DeGenderFashion, a movement to degender fashion and beauty industries. Over the past decade they have presented at more than 500 venues in over 45 countries. As a mixed-media artist, Alok explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition. What if enlightenment is not something to strive for, but an innate quality born to every human being? Gender non-conforming writer, performer, and public speaker Alok Vaid-Menon challenges us to see the divine nature in every person, including ourselves, and asks who we might be if we choose to step outside of the limitations of judgment.Īlok considers a sculpture of the Buddha Triumphing Over Mara, which depicts the moment the Buddha overcame ignorance, touched the earth as his witness, and became enlightened, declaring, “I am not a man, I am awake.”Īlok Vaid-Menon (they/them) is an internationally acclaimed gender non-conforming writer, performer, and public speaker. ![]()
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