A Colorado Memory

[Hekate]

1. Thank you for that memory

Years ago I, too, had the opportunity to watch the construction of a sand painting, only this one was by Tibetan monks visiting our university. It was breathtaking, painstaking, patient -- a 3D mandala for peace, a 3D prayer, destined to be deposited in the ocean within days of completion, not ever intended to be a permanent art exhibit or a permanent anything.

Tibetans and Navajos apparently are the only two cultures who have invented this prayer/art form.

There's a book you might like, if you haven't already seen it:
Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom: The Circle of the Spirit by Peter Gold

Forgive the digression. Thank you again.