inspiredplanet.com — "The sculptured figures of Egyptian gods and god-kings, the Madonnas and Pantocrators of the Byzantine mosaics, the bodhisattvas, and lohans of China, the seated Buddhas of Khmer, the steles and statues of Copan, the wooden idols of tropical Africa--these have one characteristic in common: a profound stillness. And it is precisely this which giv...