Should we stick to formal positions, or is it all right to do informal pose, like just your head and your chest?

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"Should we stick to formal positions, or is it all right to do informal pose, like just your head and your chest"

1972 Conversations and Morning Walks

No, no. Formal. Always. Not like bust, no. Just like guru mahārāja. We won't put all that top, bust form.

Room Conversation -- July 4, 1972, New York:

Devotee (7): And Śrīla Prabhupāda, can we paint more informal portraits...

Prabhupāda: Hm?

Devotee (7): ...of yourself and the other ācāryas to send to the temples? Or should we...

Yadurāṇī: Informal.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Yadurāṇī: Informal. That is, Puṣkara painted a picture of you sitting in a very formal position.

Prabhupāda: Ah ha...

Yadurāṇī: Should we stick to formal positions, or is it all right to do informal pose, like just your head and your chest?

Prabhupāda: No, no. Formal.

Yadurāṇī: Formal always?

Prabhupāda: Always. Not like bust, no. Just like guru mahārāja. We won't put all that top, bust form.