photo taken by my dear partner in travel, Ina, in a temple in Madurai
This is the photo dearest to me from my time in India, it just sums it all up. The bells tinkling, the deep colours, the incense saturating the air, the cool stone under bare feet, the chanting nearby. The temple elephant deserves a life far better than that, but the beauty of that photo just touches me... People come up to the elephant, hold out a coin, he receives the offering with his trunk and then blesses the person by touching their bent head.
I will write a longer post about India soon (and all the rest), but for now I just wanted to share this. I feel a light touch on my head, a blessing unasked for and I don't know what to say. I'm so happy you are there, so happy to be alive. Waking up to spring, feeling a change.
Namaste
How incredibly beautiful...
I feel the peace and sacred tranquility of it all...
and eagerly look forward to your beautiful words when the time is right, but for now?
just... Namaste.
love to you beautiful caroline
xoxo
Posted by: joan | Friday, 07 March 2008 at 05:59
Hi there Caroline,
You don't know me, but I have been coming here, quietly reveling in your words and images for a little while now. I find your beautiful space here so incredibly comforting. You live in such a beautiful little pocket of the world..thank you for sharing you. :)
Posted by: rhayne | Friday, 07 March 2008 at 20:30
and blurry... sometimes life takes us where we understand everything..and at the same time nothing..
blurry
beautiful
but
back
between
big words
(and little ones)
(just) because.
miss you xx
Posted by: linni | Friday, 07 March 2008 at 22:19
caroline can you PLEASE put
this on your etsy right away so
i can buy it?
I would like a 5 x 7
please?
love it!
Posted by: maddie | Saturday, 08 March 2008 at 02:14
Beautiful! I can't wait to hear more about your adventures in India.
Posted by: Rebekah | Sunday, 09 March 2008 at 14:39
Beautiful!
Posted by: Marie | Sunday, 09 March 2008 at 16:34
What an amazing animal and image. Hope you are doing well!
Posted by: Carolina Eclectic | Sunday, 09 March 2008 at 22:58
namaste, dear friend. would it be ok if i printed this image out and added it to my vision board? such beauty, such openness, such receiving. this speaks deeply to me.
i've been thinking of you often and being thankful for this newfound friendship. you are wonderful!
Posted by: jessie | Monday, 10 March 2008 at 14:05
Te lo intiendo, mi Amor,
I understand the feeling completely.
thank you for sharing such a beautiful image, elephants are my favorite - I see them and I see all the majesty in the world...
:-)
(((HUGS))) to beautiful you...
Love,
Me
Posted by: PixieDust | Monday, 10 March 2008 at 23:44
Positively, absolutely...beautiful (all of it).
Posted by: Marilyn | Tuesday, 11 March 2008 at 13:32
This is a magical photograph. It really does bring to mind everything you described about it - the sounds, scents, how the stone floor must feel on bare feet - and I've never been to India!
I'm glad that you are feeling so peaceful and so alive. :)
Posted by: susanna | Tuesday, 11 March 2008 at 14:24