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I found this great scripture fabric at shabbyfabrics.com. Had everyone sign a square that was at the party.
Wimdo monastery, ceremonies,
The dance of Milarepa.
Milarepa Dance
Deer may appear in several contexts within cham dances. One commonly known dance enacts a story from the life of Milarepa, a great Tibetan saint. While Milarepa was in meditative retreat, a frightened deer came near him, fleeing from a hunter. Milarepa spoke scripture to the deer and it became calm. Shortly after, the hunter's dog caught up with it. Milarepa preached to the dog and it, too, became calm. Finally, the hunter arrived and in his anger at finding his hunting dog pacified, he tried to shoot Milarepa, but missed. Since the hunter had excellent skills, he knew it must be supernatural that the arrow missed Milarepa. The saint took this chance to preach to the hunter, and the hunter, too, was moved to follow the teachings of Buddhism.
tibetanmaterialhistory.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Deer+in+...
Read also the nice story, page 38
The rusty fonts of either Polish or Lithuanian scripture on the 1970 gravesite of Mykola's Krupavicius.
This all welded steel structure marks the grave of Mykola’s Krupavicius - (1885-1970). All the letters that are inside the arc shaped structure are welded to hollow steel tubes which are welded in place between each piece of vertical square tube.
The base at the bottom of the structure has more letters that may have threaded studs welded on the backside so they could possibly be bolted down.
I am also not sure if the entire structure was ever painted. There is no evidence of any paint. The structure is rusty. The letters inside the arc show faded & worn paint as does part of the base under the individual letters.
I'm going to have to reshoot this when the sun is lined up dead center so all the letters are bathed in sunlight or wait for a cloudy day.
Saint Casimir Lutheran Cemetery
4401 W 111th Street
Chicago, Illinois
Cook County, USA