Citipati, Alex Grey October 2007, acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 inches The Dance of Death recurs as a symbol throughout the world. For CoSM's Halloween party I painted the Tibetan skeleton dance, known as Citipati, which means 'funeral pyre lord' in Sanskrit. Here, the two skeletons are intertwining, and one looks as though it has kissed the other.

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