Check out this article and very cool video from CNN.
It took six days for a group of Buddhist monks to create an extravagant sand mandala at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
When the last grain of sand was set, the monks didn’t spend time admiring their handiwork. Within about an hour, the elaborate art they had spent days crafting was carefully swept away during a ritualistic ceremony. This is normal practice; it is done to symbolize the impermanence of life.
This is how I used to feel doing library programming. I spent DAYS planning, prepping, copying, promoting, practicing, etc. and the program was done in 30 minutes, then the participants were gone, with nothing left to show for it.
But SO worth it to see those smiling faces, no?
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