That looks like an insane amount of detail you've put into that tail!

Thanks so much<2 I put allot of effort into his tail. I've posted some detail shots now, if you're interested.

This is absolutely beautiful.I grew up in Mahayana enviornment,so maybe I can help a little bit if you would like to hear.

That's awesome! How would you want to help?

Well,I think the best way is that you ask questions to me,then I will answer you as much I can : )

I'm not sure I'd know what questions to ask at the moment. I have to admit, most of my research has been visual, like looking up temples, or scientific such as finding out what animals or plants live in India. I'm sure I'll come up with something though, and I really appreciate the offer. I love to learn about other cultures. :)

It's ok.Whenever you have any question, you can just ask ^^

Beautifully detailed! A very interesting piece. Id love to her more about the symbols involved.

P.S. The tail details are amazing. These birds live close to my home and I go to see them all the time, they are very beautiful animals.

Thanks hon <3 I suppose the symbolism is mostly in Tristan's story, which really came together for the first time while I was working on this. In his world, poor peacock families trim the tails of their sons from a young age, both to avoid vanity, and to sell the feathers in the marketplace. But Tristan wasn't just a peasant, he was an orphan. He used his beauty to get handouts as a child, but as he got older, the handouts became less and less common. Begging is for children and invalids, not youths who obviously eat enough to support glorious feathers. He had had many offers of money for sex growing up, but never taken them, afraid that disease and use would ruin his beauty. Finally, in desperation, he set out to become a whore, but he wanted only rich, clean looking clients. The first creature he propositioned was a lavishly dressed red panda lady in the marketplace. She was a harem girl, out on an errand, and took him back with her to the palace, knowing the Rajah would want him. Indeed the Rajah did, and he was given a choice, he could be free to whore among the diseases of the street and face loosing his beauty, or he could become the property of the Rajah, where he could never have children but would live in splendor and beauty, his only responsibility in staying beautiful. Tristan chose to stay in the palace, but he was wild, sleeping with the harem girls who he knew were clean and gentle and doing as he pleased, used to the freedom of the street. Outraged, the Rajah called for him and asked him to choose again, this time for good. Proud and indolent, Tristan refused to go back to the streets. The Rajah told him he could stay on one condition, and Tristan hesitantly agreed. The next day he voluntarily became a eunuch. In essence, he made the decision to loose his free will, both socially and sexually, in order to keep his pride and beauty. Since his first set of tail feathers, his beauty has been nothing but a prison for him, barred by his pride. Tristan is a meditation on beauty, but also on humility.

That's a very sad story.

I suppose it is. I think of him as being generally content with his fate. He loves the attention he gets, it's when he's not being watched that he gets sad and thoughtful.

That's the sad part... that he accepts his fate.

A beautiful backstory tinged with sadness. It is interesting the aspect of loosing sexuality for this brings him closer to contentment. The idea of freedom being everyones desire may not be true, and each persons perception of the "good life" varies. Freedom from poverty whilst shackled in vanity, freedom from choice whilst shackled in love and lust.

The beautify I see in this is that the end point is not cliched and it challenges the notion that a person's end point is the desire to be whole/free/or fulfilling the values of society. In this case he fulfills his own desires, to be admired, to be in a situation where he doesn't have to beg, versus the idea you can have everything, he is willing to forgo parts of his life to ensure others. I may not agree with his value set, but I can appreciate how his backstory works.

It also makes me think about the modified body, what it means, how it affects you, To me the removal of genitalia and the ability of intercourse would be something I couldn't give up easily. Thinking about this makes me contemple sexual acts vs sexuality which doesn't have to involve the act of having sex.

There is a lot more to contemplate there... so thank you for giving me a point to contemplate it.

I second that :D

Gorgeous work. I'd love to see more of the same along these lines. Vedic culture has become an interest of mine.

Holy moly, this is gorgeous!

wow very nice

This is a gorgeous piece of work.

Yay avian + bondage!

Why did I not notice this one before? It's quite lovely.

Simply beautiful... The emotion really shines through in this piece. Wonderful work <3

absolutely beautiful hun. I love the jewelry and lotus <3

wow. I've been watching you make this all week, but I'm still amazed by how stunning this turned out. This is almost worth you sitting on my couch not talking to me for a week <3 :D

At least I kept your couch from getting away :D <3 <3 <3

I've noticed that its started to levitate a bit since you've been gone! You better come home it one piece. I've never had a better couch weight than you <3

Damn girl, that's beautiful. The story that goes with it is great. I'd love to see more Indian species and settings.

Hopefully there'll be a bunch coming :)

The tail and jewelry are wonderful

The detail work is beautiful, Jenn. I like the micro touches you're putting into pieces these days. You and your peacocks. :)

Faving because it's so rare to see a well done avian femme!

beautiful!!