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Towards the last two months of my last visit to India in the spring of 2012, I encountered the Tibetan community in exile in India experiencing painful news of their people self-immolating in fire one after another in China-occupied Tibet. My experiences in the past visits in India (drawing a cremation site in Varanasi, documenting fire pits, cremation alters, and contemplating on life and death around fire) synchronized with this particular movement, an extreme way of ‘offering’ their bodies to ‘fire’ for asking freedom and peace.I could not help drawing large and small drawings as emotional response and with a sense of mourning.

After coming back to Vancouver, the self-immolation kept happening and I felt that my personal and professional task is not finished.

I have come back to India to continue to document and draw under the same theme. tomoyoihaya@hotmail.com

15 March 2025

For as Long as Space Endures@4by4on5th, YVR


The installation at 4by4on5th, Fab Window Gallery by J.K., is up till March 22. 
Please drop by if you are in the hood. 
The installation is facing the street so 24/7 access. 

‘For as Long as Space Endures’ 
Tomoyo Ihaya 
@4by4on5th
234 East 5th Ave., 
Vancouver 

March 10th is Tibetan uprising memorial day and March 12th, Tibetan Women’s( please see yhe link below). 

I dedicate  this installation for all brothers and sisters from and in the Land of Snows. 
And every Tibetan friend who taught me what resilience and compassion are. 

Never give up, Bodgyalo. 

World peace ✌️ 

ཇི་སྲིད་ནམ་མཁའ་གནས་པ་དང་།

ཇི་སྲིད་ནམ་མཁའ་གནས་པ་དང༌། །
འགྲོ་བ་ཇི་སྲིད་གནས་གྱུར་པ། །
དེ་སྲིད་བདག་ནི་གནས་གྱུར་ནས། །
འགྲོ་བའི་སྡུག་བསྔལ་སེལ་བར་ཤོག །

For as long as space endures,
And as long as living beings remain, 
Until then, may I too abide 
To dispel the misery of all beings.

Shantideva 

 (Tibetan  scripts by Tashi Targyal) 









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