392 Family: April 2006 Archives

Elise saw her first corpse at a funeral today. When she saw the deceased in repose she asked, "Is that just a sample, so we know what she looked like." Yes, dear it kind of is.

MIA - Tibetan Sand Painting, originally uploaded by timbu.

Matthew and I went to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to celebrate Buddha’s Party.

The number one thing I wanted to see was the Tibetan Sand Painting exhibition. I have seen pictures of sand paintings, but never saw one being painted. I was surprised by how three dimensional the piece was.

Sand paintings like this have always captured my imagination as the are traditionally swept up when complete, making them ephemeral - like life. I also like how utterly fragile the piece is, one sneeze could destroy hours of work.

This even was one of the best events at the MIA I have attended. There were lots of activities for kids of all ages and the special exhibitions were really interesting.