Friday, December 02, 2016

Absolutely amazing--page from Dara Shiko album

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2016/oct/10/a-celebration-of-botanical-art-throughout-history-in-pictures

For those of you who do not know, Dara Shiko was son of Shah Jahan (who built the Taj Mahal)

Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb, who also killed his elder brother Dara Shiko.

Dara was centuries ahead of his time, conferring with religious leaders from other religions, nevertheless, Aurangzeb had him and his young son brutally killed.

See novel Under Marble Skies and TV series by Michael Wood on India.

12-2-2016

Special--Pico Iyer's Aflame, The Art of Silence and another book--scroll down.

https://www.amazon.com/Aflame-Learning-Silence-Pico-Iyer/dp/0593420284 More than 100 retreats in a Benedictine monastery in Big Sur,CA. W...