Zen Garden
Works promoting tranquility, peace and good fortune.
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Mind Like Water (Mizu No Kokoro)
“Mind Like Water” is a multi-layered creation embodying tranquility and good fortune.
Jennifer photographed images of koi and lotus flowers, representing peace and good luck respectively, at the Huntington Library Gardens in San Marino, CA.
A Photomosaic design of the lotus flowers surrounds the koi, which swim in the indented koi pond, surrounding the earth, sky and water orb - created with a resin form, dyed blue.
Stained wood panel borders showcase the raised Chinese character “Fok”, meaning good fortune.
The state of Mizu No Kokoro is the ability to stay calm and unruffled in the face of adversity.
Original image: Lotus flowers
Pray
The original photo for this piece was shot in Vietnam's Cao Dai Temple: An aesthetically stunning multicultural monastery near Ho Chi Minh City. Worshipping priests in varied-colored robes represent Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism. Sharing the floor with the priests, hundreds of chanting monks had just shifted from their perfect domino formation as noontime service ended.
Original image: warshipping priests in Vietnam’s Cao Dai Temple
Altar-ed States
“I shot the original photograph of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona in 1995. I was inspired by Gaudi's unfinished cathedral, which seemed to be framed by a two-toned sky. The concrete face of the iconic church, set against nature’s bluest of skys looked almost suspended in space.”
Original image: face of Gaudi’s ‘La Sagrada Familia’ in Barcelona.