Hey everyone, I’m sorry I haven’t updated this in a while but as you can see I’ve been busy transferring the blog from blogger to wordpress and have been working hard on the new layout. That being said I am open to suggestions so if there is anything you don’t like or think I should add please let me know!
This summer has flown by but I thought I’d let everyone know what has been going on at the library downtown. This week the Tibetan Monks have been diligently constructing a Mandela.
I’m sure many of you are wondering what exactly and Mandala is. Remember when you were little and spent hours building castles in the sand box? And then some of us got a little older and were introduce to sand art? Well ladies and gentleman, this is sand art to the tenth power. Imagine working 8 hours a day for a week carefully placing each grain of sand in its specific spot. This is a form of meditation for the monks and as they work on the piece they imagine it as a 3-D city.
And then- the part no child would be okay with. Once the project is finished the sand is blessed and swept away to show that all things are impermanent.
If you are looking for something to do this evening you can witness them finishing up around six and stay for closing ceremonies at 7 o’clock. If you’re lucky you may even get to take home some of the blessed sand!
The Sand
Me working on the community Mandela 
