At One With India

Jaipur is the capital of India’s Rajasthan state. It evokes a sense of royalty, stemming from its pink trademark building color. Staying in a restored hotel near the opulent royal residence City Palace, we met a guide who took us through the palace, shopping, and then to the evening Temple celebration.

The next day, we met another guide and his trusty Tuk-Tuk driver who took us to a block-printing textile museum and to meet an organic spice dealer who also supported a children’s learning initiative. Later in the day we met a Jeweler and his brother who referred us again to the evening Temple service. The next day, another guide took us through Fatehpur Sikri on our way to Agra. Finally, early this morning another guide took us to see the Taj Mahal at sunrise.

This series of encounters brings us to a confluence of acceptance with ourselves, each other, and all beings. India is a magnificent place, a world unto itself, to be experienced first hand, awesome and wondrous, as we will ever know. Namaste 🙏 🙏🏾

Published by SilkQuilt

Pittsburgh-based fiber artist, Louise Silk, creates art that combines aesthetics and functionality with meaning and memories. From the influence of a 1972 MS Magazine article to the current SILKDENIM label, her quilt experiences culminate in a display of her particular capacity to use her patchwork skills to piece together just about anything into an aesthetic meaningful whole.

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