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Buddha of Compassion, Shakyamuni, as seen here is located at Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet. Shakyamuni lived as a wandering ascetic, surviving without water or food until he was skin and bone. Growing weary of this condition, he ate and sat under a pipal tree until he found Enlightenment. As Buddha, he taught the wisdom of living between the extremes. Example: if you're happy, saddness will come. If you're sad, happiness will come, so don't get too excited about either. Take the middle path, which provides a type of liberation or freedom from suffering. This concept set into motion the wheel of Dharma.

Dottie grew up in Walton County Georgia surrounded by clear breezes, home-grown vegetables, and fishing. Pine trees were taller than buildings and rain was so fierce it shook the ground. Pigs had names and dogs never needed sleep. A stretch of highway 78 moved like an escalator to an endless floor and Dottie imagined what it would be like to hop on and never get off. Self-taught is an understatement. The process, still, amazes her with its enlightening and unaware arrival at locales unforeseen. Her work is about preserving a silence that not only speaks but is about the interaction between the human experience and the god called Nature. "My landscapes are inspired by the vastness, the beauty and complexity of environments which...