Trichotillomania and Thangka

Excerpt from Focus on the Masters: a Conversation with Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo recorded in Ventura, CA on March 28, 2015. In this clip, Leslie talks about her struggle with trichotillomania, nail biting, and BFRBs and how the same tendencies that cause such behaviors might have predisposed her to becoming a silk thangka maker. Find out more at www.threadsofawakening.com.

Focus on the Masters is a nonprofit art appreciation program that documents, preserves and presents the works and lives of accomplished contemporary artists. Founder and executive director Donna Granata interviewed silk thangka artist Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo to document her life and work for the archive.

Stream the full interview at https://vimeo.com/186442314.

Learn more at www.threadsofawakening.com.