Smiling Statues (Ancient Greece)

Posted on | June 5, 2010 |

Those smiling statues I blogged about a couple of days ago…. What could they be smiling about?

Here’s an idea. I think that the date of their creation, about 550 BC might be important. The smiling Buddha is one of the few other smiling statuary figures that exists, and it is from around this time — although separated by some thousand plus miles of well-traveled trade routes.

Perhaps the smile is the smile of those who have glimpsed the mysteries and beauties of the universe, coming to us to tell us that life is good, and we should be grateful and joyful.

It’s a pretty good message.

Isn’t it time we had a few more smiling statues?

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