Net of Compassion (67/100)

"Net of Compassion" — a title drawing on the Buddhist concept of Indra's Net, the infinite web of interconnected jewels in which each jewel reflects all others, used in Mahayana Buddhism as a metaphor for the interdependence of all phenomena and the compassion that recognizes this interconnection. Mayumi Oda's nets are nets of relationships — between beings, between species, between human and natural worlds — and this composition visualizes that relational web through her characteristic formal language of goddess figures and natural elements. The large edition (67/100) indicates this was among her more widely distributed prints, appropriate for a subject with broad spiritual resonance.