Monday, June 2, 2008

Holy Places

Our anniversary is this Saturday, June 7. We have been married seven years. Here we are standing at one of my favorite journeys, at one temple site in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, where a silk-cotton tree seems to swallow the ruins.
This photograph is a 12th Century Buddha face in stone seen in Angkor Wat. There are several shrines, temples, bas-reliefs, bathing pools, royal gates, towers, carvings - the list is endless (and much like the place) which encompasses nearly five-hundred acres of land. At one temple, everywhere you turned you could catch sight of a Buddha face - reminding you of this magical presence. A total gestalt!


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