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Fran Méndez

@fmvilas.me

I just added @ldussart.bsky.social, @damaru-inc.bsky.social, @dunglas.dev, @jcristo2.bsky.social, @jcabot.bsky.social, and @nordicapis.bsky.social to the #AsyncAPI community friends starter pack.

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November 19, 2024 at 9:03 AM

UtauMau

@utaumau.bsky.social

In other news, my oc Damaru has broken out of confinment and is doing art over at picarto.tv/DamaruNya

April 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM

Lynn Cole 𓆉

@priestessofdada.bsky.social

Summoning
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December 21, 2024 at 10:02 AM

Grant Tanaka

@granttanaka.bsky.social

DAMARU

March 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM

Shivam Bhatt

@shivambhatt.bsky.social

In the original picture in this thread you can see the damaru, the two headed drum, hanging just under his spearhead. This is one of those legacy remnants of this ancient belief. The drum sounds the beginning and end of creation, and the sacred trance of shamans and yogis

February 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM

Áine Keenan

@ainekeenan.bsky.social

Magnified, sanctified
Be the holy name
Vilified, crucified
In the human frame
A million candles burning
For the help that never came
You want it darker

Leonard Cohen, 20th century

#Photography #Poetry #SpeirGorm #StreetPhotography #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

An elaborate 50-foot image of the seated Hindu Goddess Amman brightly lit with multi-coloured LED lights is propped up by the roadside on bamboo sticks and metal wires as part of festival celebrations.

She holds a trident (trisula) in one hand and a small hand drum (damaru) in the other. A third hand is empty and raised in a gesture (mudra) to allay fear and offer protection to her devotees, whilst a fourth holds a sword to overcome negativity and fight against evil forces.

Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India.

November 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM

Thomas Kyhn Rovsing Hjørnet

@thomaskyhn.eurosky.social

“Damaru (黙る): The Art of Shutting the F*ck Up.” (English Edition) by Masaharu Hayataki.

www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0GYGPVC1B

“Damaru (黙る): The Art of Shutting the F*ck Up.” (English Edition) by Masaharu Hayataki.

From the timeless depths of ancient Japanese wisdom comes Damaru (黙る) — a forgotten path, a quiet discipline, and a sacred invitation to return to what was never lost.

For centuries, silence has spoken without words. In the spaces between thought and action, between presence and absence, between the self and the world, there is a deeper knowing waiting to be remembered.

Damaru is not something to learn.
It is something to become.

This book gently guides you toward the profound simplicity of saying less, needing less, and becoming more aligned with the invisible rhythm of life itself.

Through silence, we hear.
Through stillness, we move.
Through emptiness, we become full.

This is not a method.
It is not a technique.
It is not a system.

It is a return.

A return to silence.
A return to presence.
A return to the quiet truth that has been waiting inside you all along.

Damaru is the ancient art of letting words fall away — so the self may finally begin.

May 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM

Jon Amadeus Markley

@xjamarkleyx.bsky.social

According to tradition, the deep, resonant sound of the drum embodies the "voice of emptiness" awakening beings from ignorance. The damaru, a small handheld drum, symbolizes the union of wisdom & method, with its two joined sides representing the inseparability of emptiness and compassionate action.

August 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM

Benjamin Suchard

@bnuyaminim.bsky.social

The khevre might appreciate this Dutch song with some Sranan

Mi Rowsu

YouTube video by Damaru - Topic

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April 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM

stelladente

@stelladente.bsky.social

A patreon reward for Rockstad, who wanted a picture of Damaru feeding Silverado crackers! ...I wonder how often they do this. #art #patreonreward #digitalart #artistsonbluesky

A digital art piece of two characters sitting at the edge of a body of water. The one on the left, Damaru, is an anthro dog of some kind with gray fur and black hair and accents, with purple eyes and glasses, wearing a brown hat with a black overshirt and white undershirt and brown pants. The pants are rolled up to just below his knees as his feet are in the water, and his shoes- black with gray soles- are on the ground next to him, with his socks inside of them. He's holding up a cracker for Silverado, the gray, black, and white bird wearing a brown scarf with flames for eyes that is flying next to him. In the reflection of the water, we see Silverado's true form- a more anthro bird with the same rough design as the smaller form has.

April 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM

Catherine 🇨🇦 🌎

@capeacadia.bsky.social

TY, MErlin 🙏 @merlinmm.bsky.social

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a man in a white shirt and black bow tie holds a trophy

Alt: Bad Bunny in a white shirt and black bow tie holding Grammy awards and dancing

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February 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM

UtauMau

@utaumau.bsky.social

Stream is over!! Finished a commission, got another one sketched and now ready for lines,cand made a png for when using Damaru!(ft new lil-tshirt guy style!)

Lil stinky for Ragnoria
Base from sneaky_egg

Lil Tshirt reactive for Damaru
Base by sneaky_egg

April 13, 2026 at 6:51 AM

Andrew West 魏安

@babelstone.co.uk

Anyway, back to street photography. I am nearing the end of my time in Lhasa, and nearing the end of my supply of Fujifilm. Here are some chanting monks.

Four Tibetan monks, each holding a bell in the left hand and a damaru drum in the right hand, sitting against a wall. Photograph by Andrew West, circa 28 February 1985.

March 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM

Strei Saurin

@streisaurin.bsky.social

While on break from art I figured I could post some art that I hadn’t gotten around to yet!✨

I drew a Den-O oc, his name is still a WIP but for now I’m calling him Kamen Rider Damaru!

#tokusatsu #kamenrider #kamenriderden-o #den-o #oc #ocart #art

July 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM

Tashi

@dualnondual.bsky.social

🪷 Achi Chokyi Drolma 🪷

Protectress deity of the Drikung Kagyu, grandmother of Lord Jigten Sumgon, and emanation of Vajrayogini herself.

Photo of a statue of Achi Chokyi Drolma, protectress of the Drikung Kagyu, grandmother of Lord Jigten Sumgon, and emanation of Vajrayogini herself. She is beautiful and smiling, holding a kapala in one hand and a damaru in the other.

May 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM

UtauMau

@utaumau.bsky.social

Your perma high big sis is doing art right now, been feeling more fem leaning with my dumb period rolling in ;-; doing pwyw stick comms and other comm work!

Twitch.tv/utaumau

April 12, 2026 at 11:03 PM

Kelvin Voskuijl

@kelvinvoskuijl.eurosky.social

Nee niet Damaru en Jan Smit

February 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM

Michael Davis

@damaru-inc.bsky.social

I wrote a Java library that was the basis for some computer-generated stuff. I knew it was going to be used to generate MIDI, so I came up with a data model to represent notes and scales and stuff that would work nicely with it. You might find something useful there: github.com/damaru-inc/m...

GitHub - damaru-inc/midi-lib-java: Low level MIDI utilities.

Low level MIDI utilities. Contribute to damaru-inc/midi-lib-java development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

December 21, 2024 at 3:29 AM

Michael Davis

@damaru-inc.bsky.social

Anyone who uses Cubase on the Mac for music production, may find my new article helpful: damaru.com/articles/usi...

Using Multiple Audio Devices in Cubase on the Mac – Damaru Inc

damaru.com

August 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Shivam Bhatt

@shivambhatt.bsky.social

I just think it would be sweet to have a sign that says SHIVAM PODCASTS with a damaru or whatever that you'd find in a Baroda alley in the 80s if podcasts had existed then

July 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM