THE MYSTICAL WHITE TEMPLE NEAR CHIANG RAI, THAILAND

The first time I saw the White Temple, Wat Rong Khun, it appeared out of white rain clouds early one morning before we reached Chiang Rai, on the way to Burma for a visa run. Thrills ran through me. I had never seem anything so mystical and beautiful in physical reality.  It was an inner vision manifest in the world of bricks and mortar. I was enchanted. As I came closer I realized the unique glow of the white temple was partly due to silver mirroring placed into the white plaster.

Just this week on my second visa run we stopped again, this time on a sunny day, blue sky, and I had my camera this time. They were working on creating dragons on the front steps so I had to dance with my arms and plead and laugh before the workers opened the gate so I could photograph the searching seeking hungry arms. They were delighted with my pantomine of the arms and I shared bright eyes and beautiful smiles and much laughter with the loving beautiful artists as I photographed the hands. I share some photographs of mystical eyes and buddhas of the inner landscapes.