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Namaste Ke Andar Hai - Hapto

A piece of art based on this Sanskrit Mantra:

Aum, saha naavatu.
Saha nau bhunaktu.
Saha veeryam karavaavahay.
Tejasvi naavadheet amastu
Maa vidvishaavahay.
Aum, shantih shantih shantih.
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Let us be nourished together.
Let us put forth great effort.
Let our learning be enlightening
and the conflict between us vanish.
Aum, peace peace peace.

Namaste Ke Andar Hai; A Firefly Arts Collective Grant Recipient for 2008-
The 'walls' were made of translucent silk, and canvas with
retro-reflective designs. The mantra is lasercut from retro-reflective
canvas and backed with silk to secure the central pieces of the cut
characters.

The ceiling was silk with goldleaf and canvas center and knitted out from
there with handspun yarn, and some commercial yarns, to make a wavy
coral-esque mandala.

It is second in a series about faith and being the light that you bring to
the world, because what you put in, is what you get back.