Completed Mandala
I have had the opportunity to see Tibetan monks create sand mandalas on several occasions. These sand paintings are done by memory and take about a week to make with several monks working most of the day. Once the image is completed it is swept away and usually poured into a stream, river of another form of moving water. The whole thing is a lesson in meditation, contemplation, non-attachment, and non-permanence. The whole process is absolutely beautiful to witness, I felt quite honored to be able to capture several from beginning to end. This particular one was built at Emory University in Atlanta.
This image was taken in RAW and processed using Linux in Darktable.
Completed Mandala
I have had the opportunity to see Tibetan monks create sand mandalas on several occasions. These sand paintings are done by memory and take about a week to make with several monks working most of the day. Once the image is completed it is swept away and usually poured into a stream, river of another form of moving water. The whole thing is a lesson in meditation, contemplation, non-attachment, and non-permanence. The whole process is absolutely beautiful to witness, I felt quite honored to be able to capture several from beginning to end. This particular one was built at Emory University in Atlanta.
This image was taken in RAW and processed using Linux in Darktable.