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When sacred objects enter secular artistic contexts

My sound art uses Tibetan singing bowls with field recordings from urban construction sites but meditation teachers say I am corrupting sacred instruments

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Religious boundaries around ritual objects conflict with the artist's aesthetic intentions in contemporary practice.

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