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April 12, 2006
Life as Art
Becca showed us her mandala painting over the weekend. 
Actually, this is the one made of sand that the class is doing in the library. Her own personal one is smaller, but a lot more personal. However, the new camera we got took a better picture of the class/sand one than her personal one. Sorry – you’ll just have to deal with my choice here.
Speaking of the new camera – I’m having some trouble adjusting. The camera is sort of an oppressive force. I feel I have to carry it everywhere I go, and be ready to snap pictures at a moments notice. Worse than that, I feel like I have to do something with the pictures I take – put them on the web, or I don’t know – do something with them. It’s like the camera is a task master, and doesn’t really care about what I’m thinking or feeling – it’s all about the picture. I like the camera, but it seems to have more control than I do.
Venerable Tenzin Yignyen has been teaching Becca something about compassion. OK, that’s just a little play on words – the mandala she’s painting is the one for compassion. We spent a lot of timing talking about her (quite positive) experience with the painting and Tenzin – maybe just because I’m fascinated by it, but she seems quite interested herself. I think Becca is lucky to have a chance to get to know Tenzin and his art.
So if my camera obsession/issue won’t go away, I think I'll have to have a little chat with Tanzin myself. Or maybe I should just drop the camera (just kidding Beth). Anyway – I'll keep the darn thing around until after my trip to India. (Oh – Tenzin is from India – is there a connection???)
Posted by pgutwin at April 12, 2006 7:25 AM