Delusional Club Member, The Path to Buddha Tracing ③

I started working on the Thousand Jizo statues little by little from the 24th.

I spent several days just looking at this before I even tried to start drawing it.

I think this kind of thing is unique to a delusional club member. It was fun to ponder, wondering if it was this way or that way.

[Until I started drawing]

What I felt while looking at them was.

The honor student.
The student playing around with their hood pulled down low.
The student who wants to take a little break in someone else's shadow.

……Perhaps because the Thousand-Armed Kannon had its mouth open.

At that time, the Thousand-Armed Kannon looked like a lecturer, and the Thousand Jizo statues looked like students listening to a lecture.

Even though they were carved in almost the same way, I was also thinking about how the impression changes so much depending on how the hood is worn or how the shadows fall...

[Actually starting to draw]
First, I roughly and softly shaped the three statues I wanted to make the main focus. Then, I added the details and the other Jizo statues.

At this point, my impression changed, and I began to think that every Jizo statue was very serious.

What kind of thoughts did the people who made the Jizo statues put into them?
I wondered if they were burdened with prayers for the peace of the family, like 'I'm counting on you'...

Moreover, there were traces of repairs where heads had been broken off. I thought, they are burdened with wishes and prayers forever, and they can't even disappear...

Little by little, the Jizo statues that had seemed cheerful began to look like they were facing ascetic practices and hardships in solitude.

By the time I finished writing, I was thinking about how hard it must be for the Jizo statues...💦, and how greedy people have been since ancient times, as I finished it up.

[After posting on note]
From a comment by popo-san.
I learned that they were 'Jizo statues placed there as a token of gratitude,' and I felt truly relieved😊

It felt as if light were shining down on me.