Temple brawl

by | Nov 1, 2007 | Diary

We’d gone to a massive ceremony celebrating the presence of His Holiness Je Khenpo, this, actually, being at the end of the trip, the end of a day so long and filled with experiences and adventure, that I’d thought really — both: “why...

Ascensions

by | Nov 1, 2007 | Diary

Bhutan Journal I’ve been thinking about the concept of the stair. You go up. You go down. There are the two ways; there’s not much else. One path, ascension. One path, descent. I’m finding myself being focused on that, the movements of the steps...

The Treasure Revealer at 7 years of age.

by | Nov 1, 2007 | Diary

Bhutan Journal The Treasure Revealer at 7 Years of Age. His Holiness | Terton Drukda Dorji Photo by Tim Girvin What length, these days. What breadth, in experience. Beginning at 4.30am, climbing to Taksang, being the first there (on the most spectacularly auspicious...

colorindia

by | Nov 1, 2007 | Diary

What splash, what psychedelia, that is India! Dizzy-making, whirling, whizzing, a deep folio, colorations like anything, but all mixed up. Splattering and spattering — carnival. Photos by Tim Girvin Color spinner. What inspirations, found in the sheer nerve of...