Wat...Zen

Wat...Zen
April 2005 in Phuket, Thailand

Being in the now took on a new meaning for me in Thailand. Living immersed in a Buddhist culture that was devastated, from a Western perspective, only months before was eye opening. The sense of being devastated was far from most people�s minds. There was the reality that something devastating occurred, but that was in the past. Amid loss and drastic change almost everyone I encountered felt a strong sense that...now...was the defining aspect of life and living. The past held tragedy, as well as heroism, compassion, selflessness and many other expressions on the continuum of human emotion. Being present and in the now opened up the reality of living in the moment � not remembering �then� or dreaming of �when�. The grounds surrounding the wats (Buddhist temples) were imbued with this sense of now...truly Zen-like.

Available as a Matte Print
Size: 11" x 14"
Limited series of 500 prints
Price*: $125 US, excludes shipping

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* Half of the profit will be donated to assist with ongoing tsunami relief efforts in Thailand.

The profit will be determined by taking the overall proceeds from the sales and subtracting the expenses for film processing and framing the images for the shows. The funds will be provided to specific individuals I met on my trip (not organizations) who are still in the Thailand area helping with recovery projects. The individuals receiving the funds are charged with finding locals in need of the funds and dispensing them accordingly for relief projects. [For example, contributions I personally provided to one of these individuals went to paying for school tuition for the daughter of one of the shopkeepers whose store was destroyed in the tsunami. Other such private donations have bought engines for fishing boats, books to replace those lost in the tsunami, etc. My personal experience while in Thailand was the funds being doled out by volunteers who had direct exposure to individuals, in the communities hardest hit by the tsumani, were those funds being best allocated. The volunteers would accompany the tsunami survivor to pay the school fees to the school directly or to buy the engine directly instead of money being handed out.]