remover of obstacles

poor sad buried Ganesh, circled

I keep a statue of the Hindu deity Ganesh in the kitchen, because I figure the kitchen is the first room you enter when you enter our apartment; and as such, the kitchen is a symbol for the whole apartment. Or perhaps I am just far too food-centric. But I thought that Ganesh, Remover of Obstacles, Lord of Beginnings, Patron of Arts and Sciences, deva of Intellect and Wisdom, might be most effective if I placed him in the kitchen.

So you can see my distress while eating breakfast this morning when I finally really noticed the giant wall of baking supplies blocking Ganesh. Yes the irony of the situation was not lost on me. And so I got to work removing the obstacles from the Remover of Obstacles. And as soon as I was done clearing a path, the sun came out. Thank you Ganesh.

Ganesh as he presides over my set of fruit-shaped coasters
I have lime, lemon, orange and pink grapefruit.


Ganesh, in situ