Trichotillomania and Thangka
Channel: Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo
Date: 2016-11-08

Excerpt from Focus on the Masters: a Conversation with Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo recorded in Ventura, CA on March 28, 2015. Stream the full interview at http://threadsofawakening.com/fotm-optin.

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. 

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 http://threadsofawakening.com/fotm-optin.