Experimental 3d design inspired by Kandy and sound https://vimeo.com/320206010 Kandy is situated right in the centre of the mountainous district of Sri Lanka . It is an ancient home for world Buddhism and a centuries old sit of pilgrimage. I went on Sri Lankan National Day - February 4th with great crowds filtering and pushing through the temple. I found the whole place very effecting having never been part of such a mass religious ceremony. The smell of purple lotus flowers held aloft. People buzzing with the hope of a momentary blessing bestowed from seeing the relic of the Buddha's tooth in its sacred chamber. There is a deep sense of worship that emanates from the place and wraps you up in it. In my search for a place to meditate in Sri Lanka I couldn't work out where people stop to praise. In my initial visits to temples I was surprised to find there is not a a meditation hall. Commonly, there is a stu...
Startled shadow of the fruit bat swooping dowm imprinted on the Dammissara Road arrests me on the cycle home past the Buddha statue the velvet firmament dusky blue and brass gold stars rustling undergrowth where dogs sleep on the road stars poke through the canopy of breadfruit and I halt and pay attention to this sizzling magic nocturnal crispness Sri Lanka at peace now in knowing I can leave having seen you under this sky showing me in layered ways your response to a full life the full moon topped up heart pulled back a curtain to the rhythm of this land ancient ancient ancient people working together interlocking I can feel the bass of the sea and the rain that woke up the tree frogs ------ I have been back in Scotland for a month now. The Scottish and Sri Lankan environment might as well exist on two different parallel planes, both are alive but in apparently opposite ways, moods and tones… The final showing at th...
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